Pdf Printer Postscript Error
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a PostScript error Applies to : Illustrator InDesign PageMaker Photoshop PostScript printer drivers You can receive a PostScript error error rangecheck offending command image when sending a file to a PostScript interpreter (for example, a error undefined offending command stack printer, Acrobat Distiller). A PostScript error occurs when the PostScript interpreter can't read the file's PostScript error syntaxerror offending command code. An error can also occur if the file's PostScript code exceeds one or more of the limits in the PostScript page description language. If your
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PostScript interpreter appears to process data but then stops, a PostScript error could have occurred.A PostScript error message includes a PostScript error type, which defines the type of error it is. It also includes an offending command, which usually indicates the specific part of the PostScript code that the interpreter couldn't read. The xerox error undefined offending command stack offending command usually indicates the command that caused the problem. Some PostScript errors point you right to the cause of the problem, and some get you looking in the right direction.Example of a PostScript error:%%[Error: ; OffendingCommand: ]%%For example, the PostScript error %%[Error: dictfull; OffendingCommand: def ]%% contains the PostScript error type "dictfull" and the offending command "def." The error type indicates that the dictionary contains the maximum number of entries. The offending command is the last command the PostScript interpreter tried to process, "def," which defines a new word in the dictionary. View or print a PostScript error message If you think a PostScript error has occurred, but it doesn't appear onscreen or in your printout, you can sometimes view or print the error message. Do one or more of the following:Use an error handler utility. For example, Adobe PageMaker has the Include PostScript Error Handler option in the Print Options dialog box.In Windows, configure the prin
the Basics section to determine exactly what PostScript error and offending command you got hit with. Then do one of the following (not necessarily in that order but this seems to be the most logical approach to error unregistered offending command xshow me): 1. Try printing one more time Take a deep breath, look through the
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window during a couple of seconds, check all the parameters in the Print windows and print again. Sometimes a simple mistake
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like setting the orientation wrong causes errors. Have a colleague print the job. He or she may instantly see what you did wrong. Everybody makes a stupid mistake once in a while (I once spent https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-postscript-errors.html 2 hours troubleshooting a ‘broken' Mac, only to find out the keyboard wasn't plugged in properly). This is definitely the first thing to try if no other documents or applications cause similar problems. 2. Cut the print job into smaller pieces Don't print large jobs with many pages or big images in one go. Print a couple of pages at the time or even one single page at the https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/tips time. This makes it easier for both your computer and the RIP to process the file. Always try this approach if you have an older printer or RIP. 3. Search for solutions for your specific error Look up both the error and offending command in my database of PS errors and offending commands. This may give you a clue as to what to do next. Check out other sites as well by searching the web for pages about the specific PostScript error or offending command. Another alternative is to post your question on the b4print prepress forum. 4. Switch to another computer, app, driver,… Print the job from another computer, from another version or copy of the application used to create the file and try switching drivers. Always print the file to another PostScript device as well. If the same error occurs, you are at least sure the error is somehow related to your document or the way it is created or printed. The reverse is not true: if a document prints on one device but not on another, this does not mean that that device is unreliable or faulty. The inconsistency may be caused by differences in drivers, memory and hard disk capacity, installed fonts,workflow o
command. Each term is linked to a page with more detailed information and possible work-arounds. It may https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/errors be worthwhile to check both the error message and the command https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting that caused the error to appear. If you are not entirely sure which PostScript error you encountered, first read this page. If you encountered an error that is not listed and managed to find more information about it, please add a comment about it offending command to this page. Thanks! / 3.31 -4100 -8133 -8993 8BPS A A4tray addglyph AGMCORE_gstack aldusdict2 aload ashow awidthshow B banddevice bdef bitspercomponent buildchar C CCRun charpath clip colorimage configurationerror ct_cffdict cs(PDF) CT_T3HdrDICT currentpoint curveto D DCTdecodefilter def dict dictfull dictstackoverflow dictstackunderflow div do(PDF) E end endcidrange eoclip eofill EPS_Dict exch exec execstackoverflow F featurecleanup fhiscomposite error undefined offending fill filter filtered ruling findfont flxproc FMc FmPD FmPD2 FmPA fontsave forall framedevice G get getinterval gsave H handleerror havefont I image imagedistiller imagemask index inf interrupt invalidaccess invalidcontext invalidexit invalidfileaccess invalidfont invalidid invalidrestore interrupt ioerror ISOLatin1Encoding itransform K kshow L limitcheck Is2016andT32? lineto lipping M makeblendedfont makefont md mmxpr3 moveto MSTT
afternoon before showing up. He has this annoying habit of using cryptic error messages to confuse your printer, your workflow and above all: yourself. These pages provide background information about the essentials of PostScript errors next to a database of known issues and possible work-arounds. The basics of PostScript errors: What is PostScript for, how did it evolve and which alternatives are available on the market? PostScript errors: A long list of every type of PostScript error that I am aware of or found references to. The 10 most frequently occurring errors, listed in the order of importance with the most ‘popular one' first, are: Offending command image PostScript error limitcheck Offending command setdistillerparams PostScript error undefined PostScript error rangecheck Offending command get Offending command findfont PostScript error typecheck Offending command pdfmark PostScript error invalidfont Basic Postscript troubleshooting: What to do when the above list doesn't offer an immediate solution or work-around. 9 August 2013 7 Comments » 7 responses to "Troubleshooting" Yolan says: February 27, 2012 at 12:55 am Hi, I need help. I work in printing company.Mostly we got file from client. How to know the pdf file made from Postcript-distiller process- or made directly export to pdf from Indd? Can I check it in Acrobat? Please advise. Thanks a lot, Yolan New Orleans PC Repair says: October 10, 2010 at 1:35 am 1. Offending command image Rotate the image 90 degrees. Pat says: May 21, 2010 at 4:23 pm Getting Offending command:flase message when trying to print a barcode to a PS printer. The command in the error message is indeed ‘flase' If I remove the bar code then it prints. Meg says: February 3, 2009 at 10:43 pm Here is the error I get when trying to distill a postscript file made with quark 7.5 file with Adobe Distiller professional 8.1.3 Anyone have idea what it means? I liked the old version better it use to give you your errors in English not some kind of weird code. %%[ Error: limitcheck; OffendingCommand: 6d1cfe1ec58bf0b995cce6f36574c7c0efb466398c1c62d79ba71e2455ea2364cb9026a9ca72bbeb9160f04f68dddad9f36bc9ba1eb822c3acb054c7c852a99 ]%% Stack: -dict- -dict- false 12 12 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 -14149.5 -11100.0 33.3333 0.0 0.0 33.3333 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 -null- -null- 1 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 1 -1 false 0 -null- -null- -null- -null- 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 false false false 424.485 333.0 /stringtype 5 100 99 98 97 0 false /