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Bug#554769: marked as done (Ghostscript produces garbage output with the ibmpro driver)

Your message dated Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:48:58 +0000
with message-id <E1Rwbfe-0004OS-Bd@franck.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#554769: fixed in foomatic-db 20120212-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #554769,
regarding Ghostscript produces garbage output with the ibmpro driver
to be marked as done.

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Package: ghostscript
Version: 8.70~dfsg-2

Ghostscript produces garbage output with the ibmpro driver.
I am running Debian Squeeze, with ghostscript version 8.70-dfsg-2.
I am using an IBM Proprinter II.  To eliminate CUPS, foomatic,
etc. from suspicion, I produce the output directly myself and send
the output directly to the printer, which is attached to the
parallel port.  I am using

/usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/lib/align.ps

as my input file, which ships with ghostscript.  I use the following
command to produce the output:

gs -sDEVICE=ibmpro -sOutputFile=align.ibmpro -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE \
 /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/lib/align.ps < /dev/null

I get the following output from ghostscript to the console:

GPL Ghostscript 8.70 (2009-07-31)
Copyright (C) 2009 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Warning: the map file cidfmap was not found.
Loading NimbusSanL-Regu font from /var/lib/defoma/gs.d/dirs/fonts/n019003l.pfb..
. 2389464 1009882 5508908 4212478 1 done.
GS>

I then send the output file directly to the printer (as root) with

cp align.ibmpro /dev/lp0

(I don't normally print that way, but it eliminates the print spooler
from suspicion.)

The ouput is many pages of pure garbage; nothing is recognizable or
comprehensible.  I don't know how long this has been broken, since this
is the first time I have tried to use this printer with Linux.  The printer
itself works fine when I send it plain text (with carriage returns added
before each line feed).

This is a rather important driver, since there are many printers out there
which can or do emulate an IBM Proprinter.  It was the standard-bearer in
the early days, along with Epson.  By the way, I do have a manual for the
printer, including documentation for all the control codes, if either you
or the upstream maintainer need or want one.

Am I doing something wrong?  If so, please tell me.  Otherwise, please fix
this bug.

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Source: foomatic-db
Source-Version: 20120212-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
foomatic-db, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

foomatic-db-compressed-ppds_20120212-1_all.deb
  to main/f/foomatic-db/foomatic-db-compressed-ppds_20120212-1_all.deb
foomatic-db_20120212-1.debian.tar.gz
  to main/f/foomatic-db/foomatic-db_20120212-1.debian.tar.gz
foomatic-db_20120212-1.dsc
  to main/f/foomatic-db/foomatic-db_20120212-1.dsc
foomatic-db_20120212-1_all.deb
  to main/f/foomatic-db/foomatic-db_20120212-1_all.deb
foomatic-db_20120212.orig.tar.gz
  to main/f/foomatic-db/foomatic-db_20120212.orig.tar.gz
openprinting-ppds-extra_20120212-1_all.deb
  to main/f/foomatic-db/openprinting-ppds-extra_20120212-1_all.deb
openprinting-ppds_20120212-1_all.deb
  to main/f/foomatic-db/openprinting-ppds_20120212-1_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 554769@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org> (supplier of updated foomatic-db package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:09:39 +0100
Source: foomatic-db
Binary: foomatic-db foomatic-db-compressed-ppds openprinting-ppds openprinting-ppds-extra
Architecture: source all
Version: 20120212-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Printing Group <debian-printing@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
Description: 
 foomatic-db - OpenPrinting printer support - database
 foomatic-db-compressed-ppds - OpenPrinting printer support - Compressed PPDs derived from the d
 openprinting-ppds - OpenPrinting printer support - PostScript PPD files
 openprinting-ppds-extra - Transitional package
Closes: 350319 554769
Changes: 
 foomatic-db (20120212-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release.
     - Added entries for new Epson, Ricoh, Infotec, Gestetner, Lanier, NRG, and
       Savin printers
     - Added "Resolution" option to "ibmpro" driver. Without specifying the
       resolution the driver does not work (Closes: #554769).
     - Assigned driver "ljetplus" instead of "ljet3" to the Panasonic
       KX-P4450, as only "ljetplus" actually works (Closes: #350319).
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