"This print job requires a PostScript Language Level 3 Printer"

[Doug]

On 04/25/2013 06:40 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> So I need to ship back some defective merchandize. The vendor sends me 
> a link to a UPS return label, I open it in Firefox, and try to print 
> it. The printer is an HP 1320.
>
> When I try to print it, the printer blinks happily for a few seconds, 
> but stays quiet, and Fedora tells me that the print job completed 
> succesfully.
>
> I try a few variations. Tell Firefox to print to a PDF file, then open 
> it in evince, and try to print it. Same results. Tried having Firefox 
> print to a PS file. Tried using pdf2ps on the PDF file. Tried a few 
> other things. I forget exactly what I tried, but on one particular 
> attempt the printer woke up. I got all excited, until the printer 
> ejected a single page, with a single sentence "This print job requires 
> a PostScript Language Level 3 Printer", and completely blank 
> otherwise. Very funny.
>
> I finally got the label to come out by having Firefox print to an SVG 
> file, opening it in document viewer, and printing it. That worked.
>
> HP 1320 is a postscript printer, but it looks to me like some PDFs 
> (not all, I can print most PDFs without any issues) contain Postscript 
> features that the printer does not support. Anyone know if there's a 
> way to get CUPS to handle that correctly.
>
>
>
There are pdfs and there are pdfs, and not all are created equal. In my 
experience, if you use Adobe Reader, all of them will read out properly
and print. Some of the FOS programs haven't quite figured out all the 
nuances, so I don't try and use them anymore.

--doug
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