Postcript Error
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a PostScript error Applies to : Illustrator InDesign PageMaker Photoshop PostScript printer drivers You can receive a PostScript error when sending a file to error rangecheck offending command image a PostScript interpreter (for example, a printer, Acrobat Distiller). A PostScript
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error occurs when the PostScript interpreter can't read the file's PostScript code. An error can also occur if error syntaxerror offending command the file's PostScript code exceeds one or more of the limits in the PostScript page description language. If your PostScript interpreter appears to process data but then stops, error syntax error offending command nostringval 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 offending command usually indicates the command that caused the problem. Some PostScript errors point
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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 printer to print the error message:Note: In Windows NT, you cannot configure a printer to print an error message. Choose one of the following: Start > Settings > Print
the RIP tries to process a value that is too small or large. This can, for instance, happen when you accidentally ask for an output error unregistered offending command xshow size that is larger than what the output device supports. These error undefined offending command g2ubegin are some of the reasons why a rangecheck error pops up: Page or flat is too large
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/ wrong papertray - This error can be caused by the operator trying to print a page that is too large for the imagesetter or CtP device. Some https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-postscript-errors.html laster printers don't allow explicit papertray selection and generate a rangecheck error if a wrong cassette is selected. Sometimes the ‘offending command' points to the problem, as in the error message error: rangecheck,offending command: lettertray. A path is too long - Mark VanBuren from The Shelby Star was kind enough to report that long path names of https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/errors/rangecheck embedded images can also lead to rangecheck errors. Try sticking to short names for folders and don't bury folders too deep in other folders. PageMaker 6.5 can cause this error - PageMaker 6.5 can also cause rangecheck errors when printing with the ‘Manage Composites on Printer' option selected in the CMS Preferences dialog box, or exporting to PDF with the CIE output color model selected. PageMaker 6.52 no longer generates the error under these conditions. Other commands There are several commands that can cause rangecheck PostScript errors. Click on a specific offending command to get a more detailed error description: colorimage, filter, get, getinterval, image, imagemask, makeblendedfont, put, show. 9 August 2013 1 Comment » One response to "PostScript error: rangecheck" Coscript Consulting says: June 25, 2013 at 7:02 pm /rangecheck error indicates a wide range of problems, when a numeric parameter goes out of the correct range. Little else can be determined without a sample file. Please contact Coscript Consulting for professional resolution of PostScript and
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 https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/tips to be the most logical approach to me): 1. Try printing one https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/errors/ioerror more time Take a deep breath, look through the window during a couple of seconds, check all the parameters in the Print windows and print again. Sometimes a simple mistake like setting the orientation wrong causes errors. Have a colleague print the job. He or she may instantly see what offending command you did wrong. Everybody makes a stupid mistake once in a while (I once spent 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 error undefined offending pages or big images in one go. Print a couple of pages at the time or even one single page at the 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 printe
Some of the possible causes are: corrupted images communication problems - such as an incorrect handshaking protocol, bad driver settings or a corrupted driver hardware issues - such as a bad drive, insufficient storage space or improperly terminated or faulty cables. Solutions If the offending command is just a series of random character, this may indicate a problem with the communication link. Check your network and the communication settings. Disable spoolers or run the job again. You could also reinstall the printer driver because it may be corrupted. If the offending command is ‘image', check all the images and placed EPS files in your job. Try opening all of these in the originating application (Photoshop, Illustrator,…) and check if they open properly and the content looks good. There are several commands that can cause IO error PostScript errors. Check the specific offending command to get a more detailed error description: colorimage, image, imagedistiller, readstringC550 If the error happens with any job sent to a printer, check its cable. The printer cable may have worked itself loose. If the cable appears snugly connected then try a replacement cable. Check if your driver has an option called ‘Disable PostScript Passthrough'. When this is turned on, the driver generates the PostScript data rather than letting the application do it. Activating it might solve the problem. I once got rid of an ioerror by cleaning up the hard disk of my RIP. Virus scanners can be another source of ioerrors because they try to intercept the creation of a file and cause a conflict with Distiller or RIP software. On a forum I read about a user who got rid of ioerrors by (temporarily) deactivating Norton Anti-virus. Konika Minolta printers such as the C550 and C351 seem to occasionally suffer from this error. According to this thread on the b4print forums it is the PS driver that gives this error, the PCL driver is processing jobs correctly. Switching to that driver may be an acceptable work-around, but make sure the output is as expected since PCL and PostScript are two completely different beasts. 9 August 2013 2 Comments » 2 responses to "PostScript error: ioerror" Justin says: January 20, 2009 at 5:59 pm This is a common error I get when sending a large amount of data to an old Tobisha postscri