Bug 130332

Summary:	Poster utility creates PostScript that Ghostscript does not like
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdeprint	Reporter:	W. Michael Petullo <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist <kde-print-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	jlayt
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Input file; displays fine Output file; causes error in Ghostscript Output file; causes error in Ghostscript

Description W. Michael Petullo 2006-07-06 01:11:38 UTC

Version:           poster-20060221 (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc-4.1.1 PowerPC
OS:                Linux

I have a PostScript file that I process with:

poster -mLetter -p17x22i intent_to_enter.ps > poster.ps

The resulting PostScript causes the following error in Ghostscript 8.15.2:

$ gs poster.ps
ESP Ghostscript 815.02 (2006-04-19)
Copyright (C) 2004 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Loading NimbusSanL-Regu font from /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/n019003l.pfb... 2410912 1001130 1496928 203198 1 done.
Using NimbusSansL-Regu font for NimbusSanL-Regu.
ERROR: /limitcheck in -file-
Operand stack:
   print_content_of_complete_page_0
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3 %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1116/1686(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:97/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 12751
ESP Ghostscript 815.02: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
Segmentation fault

Comment 1 W. Michael Petullo 2006-07-06 01:12:43 UTC

Created attachment 16906 [details]
Input file; displays fine

Comment 2 W. Michael Petullo 2006-07-06 01:14:10 UTC

Created attachment 16907 [details]
Output file; causes error in Ghostscript

Comment 3 W. Michael Petullo 2006-07-06 01:17:02 UTC

Created attachment 16908 [details]
Output file; causes error in Ghostscript

Comment 4 Kurt Pfeifle 2007-01-09 23:18:58 UTC

W. Michael,

I suggest you try it with a more recent Ghostscript version.

Comment 5 Kurt Pfeifle 2007-01-10 00:13:32 UTC

W. Michael, 
 
are you sure your commandline for poster is OK? See "poster -h".

Also, the way you describe this, it is not a KDEPrint bug. 

Please outline in more detail what your problem with KDEPrint and poster is.

Comment 6 Cristian Tibirna 2007-06-30 02:49:30 UTC

Michael, please answer to request in comment #5 if you still have this bug.

Comment 7 John Layt 2011-05-27 18:21:15 UTC

KDEPrint is obsolete, unmaintained and will never be revived.  Closing all open bugs.