[NTLUG:Discuss] GS and Postscript debugging.

[Stephen Klein]

>I'd suspect something not installed correctly - but the weird thing is
>that it works just fine if I use 'lpr' to print the same file. (I have
>a cheap inkjet printer that can't do Postscript - so it must be using
>Ghostscript - which is working in that context).

Steve,

	You may have already done this, but check to see if you have more than
one version of Ghostscript on your machine.  I know I have two different
ones, 4.03 which came with my dist exists in /usr/bin and uses fonts out
of /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts.  Whereas I also have 5.10 that I compiled
from source, and it installed in /usr/local/bin, and uses fonts out of
/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts.  If you installed a new version from
source, make sure you get the fonts and install them in the place
indicated in the docs.

I guess 'lpr' might be calling one version of gs directly, whereas when
you type 'gs' on the command line it searches through the path and
executes the first one that is found.  If anything, it's something to
check.



Stephen Klein
TI DMOS4/5 ADSM Project
DFW Technology

p.s.  I just realized, I have a version of CUPS installed (lots of
potential, but needs work), it contains it's own version of Ghostscript,
and fonts.  <heh> :)