Re: gs-esp's lx5000 driver runs into infinite loop with mozilla's postscript files

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

retitle 343901 RFP: pbm2l7k (printer driver for Lexmark printers)
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Hi,

$ git show -s ghostpdl-9.05~410
commit 9c074dc8
Author: Henry Stiles <henry.stiles@artifex.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 16 16:48:01 2011 -0600

    Fixes 691820 by removing the device, the authors in the contrib.mak
    and source code file (gdevlx50.c) have been sent email the device is
    broken.

    CLUSTER_UNTESTED

Users of this printer are encouraged to use the pbm2l7k driver instead:

 Package name : lexmark7000linux
 Version      : 990516
 Upstream     : OpenPrinting Working Group <printing-foomatic@lists.linux-foundation.org>
 URL          : http://www.openprinting.org/driver/pbm2l7k/
 License      : GPL-2+
 Description  :
  This is the printer driver for Lexmark 7000 "GDI" printers.
   * Known to work with Lexmark 7000, 7200 and 5700 printers
   * 600x600 dpi Black & White printing
   * Preliminary 600x600 CMY colour printing for 7000, 7200

Hope that helps,
Jonathan