scaling problems with 7.2.1

[Shaun Jurrens <shaun@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I upgraded recently from apsfilter 5.2.1 (iirc) to 7.2.1 and since then I
seem to have some wierd scaling problems.  I'm using the fbsd port and 
AFPL Ghostscript 7.03 (2001-10-20) on a HP 4L printer.

The basic problem appears as huge scaling of printed documents, i.e. a
printjob from a remote (also 4.5 fbsd) machine from netscape, is printed
side-by-side on numerous A4 pages.

A few config details:

 /etc/printcap: (on printer "server")

# APS1_BEGIN:printer1
# - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
# - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
aisha|lp2|ljet4d;r=600x600;q=high;c=mono;p=a4;m=auto:\
    :lp=/dev/lpt1:\
    :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/aisha:\
    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/aisha/log:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/aisha/acct:\
    :mx#0:\
    :sh:
# APS1_END - don't delete this

	strangely enough, I get these errors in the log file, which point to 
	some parsing error in the apsfilter script:

apsfilter warning: unknown option 'dakota'
apsfilter warning: unknown option 'dakota'
...

	bascially one error for each printjob, which come from host "dakota"


 /etc/printcap (on remote box):

aisha|pcl|PCL|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4L:\
        :sh:\
        :lp=:rp=lp2:\
        :rm=johnny:sd=/var/spool/lpd/aisha:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

	(no errors in log)


apsfilterrc  (/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/aisha/apsfilterrc):

#
# don't delete these settings
#
PRINTER='ljet4d'
PAPERSIZE='a4'
METHOD='auto'
QUALITY='high'
COLOR='mono'
RESOLUTION='600x600'

#
# additional configuration follows
# insert settings as seen in /usr/local/etc/apsfilter/apsfilterrc


I've try adjusting resolutions, gray/mono settings, auto/raw setting (raw
just spits out garbage) and even hacking a little in apsfilter itself, but
I haven't taken the time to do a lot of debugging "echos" yet, to see why
it's having problems with the remote printing headers.  I'm using the stock
fbsd lpd's on both machines.  I've tried running lpd -d on the printer
"server" and see no errors there.  The outdated info on debugging apsfilter
(uncomment "#set -x") no longer applies.  I haven't run out of things to
try yet, but I've done quite a bit, including reading the handbook and FAQ
and searching the ML archives.  Perhaps someone has an idea here.  

Thanks in advance for any help.


-- 
Yours truly,

Shaun D. Jurrens
shaun@shamz.net
shamz@freenix.no


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