Hi all,
For some years now I have been using a simple system I found online which allows me to easily import data from Windows Programs.
Hopefully others out there are using the system and already have found the answer to my problem.
I have installed on my Centos server a virtual CUPS printer which receives a PS file, and then runs 'ps2pdf' and 'pdftotext -layout' to end up with a text file.
On the Windows PC's it's simply a case of installing a printer pointing to this server, and using the HP Colour Laster 2800 PS drivers.
Now to my problem. We have finally moved onto Windows 10, and now when I try to install the printer that model printer is no longer available. When I try similar HP Colour Laser PS drivers the ps2pdf command fails.
[root@lou inet]# ps2pdf 20180412_104403_tcards.ps GPL Ghostscript 9.14: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 [root@lou inet]#
The PDF contains:
ERROR: invalidfileaccess OFFENDING COMMAND: .findfont OPERAND STACK: r /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/UTBI____.pfa --nostringval-- true NimbusMonL-Regu Courier --nostringval-- Courier 4544317 Courier Font Courier
Has anyone else had this problem, and have they managed to find a solution?
Gary
On 04/12/2018 03:08 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
The PDF contains:
ERROR: invalidfileaccess OFFENDING COMMAND: .findfont OPERAND STACK: r /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/UTBI____.pfa --nostringval-- true NimbusMonL-Regu Courier --nostringval-- Courier 4544317 Courier Font Courier
It seems that .findfont can't find a font file that the PS file is asking for. Is it possible that your Windows 10 is printing using some new fonts that your CentOS doesn't have?
I'd try: 1. Use ps2ascii instead of ps2pdf+pdftotext.
2. Copy all font files from Windows 10 to your CentOS. Maybe put them in ~/.fonts and see if that could make ps2pdf happy.
Just my shot in the dark.
Yan Li wrote:
On 04/12/2018 03:08 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
The PDF contains:
ERROR: invalidfileaccess OFFENDING COMMAND: .findfont OPERAND STACK: r /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/UTBI____.pfa --nostringval-- true NimbusMonL-Regu Courier --nostringval-- Courier 4544317 Courier Font Courier
It seems that .findfont can't find a font file that the PS file is asking for. Is it possible that your Windows 10 is printing using some new fonts that your CentOS doesn't have?
I'd try:
Use ps2ascii instead of ps2pdf+pdftotext.
Copy all font files from Windows 10 to your CentOS. Maybe put them in
~/.fonts and see if that could make ps2pdf happy.
I'd recommend, to start, installing msttcorefonts, and see if that helps.
mark
On Thursday 12 April 2018 16:06:06 m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Yan Li wrote:
It seems that .findfont can't find a font file that the PS file is asking for. Is it possible that your Windows 10 is printing using some new fonts that your CentOS doesn't have?
That would make sense
I'd try:
- Use ps2ascii instead of ps2pdf+pdftotext.
I did first try ps2ascii as it was the most obvious choice. However, it gave nothing like the output I was expecting.
ps2pdf + pdftotext -layout gives me almost exactly how the report originally looked, apart from the occassional alignment issue.
- Copy all font files from Windows 10 to your CentOS. Maybe put them in
~/.fonts and see if that could make ps2pdf happy.
I'd recommend, to start, installing msttcorefonts, and see if that helps.
Thanks for this. I will try these two options if I need to.
However, I have found in Windows 10 there is a printer driver Microsoft "Print to PDF" which creates a PDF file without the initial PS stage. This is better because it now keeps some of the non-display characters that the original method lost.
Gary Stainburn wrote:
On Thursday 12 April 2018 16:06:06 m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
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I'd recommend, to start, installing msttcorefonts, and see if that helps.
Thanks for this. I will try these two options if I need to.
However, I have found in Windows 10 there is a printer driver Microsoft "Print to PDF" which creates a PDF file without the initial PS stage.
This is
better because it now keeps some of the non-display characters that the
original
method lost.
Also, if you're printing to pdf in Windows, see if there's an option to "embed font".
mark
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Yan Li