Postscript Error Handler When Printing
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to solve such an error? Why do PostScript errors even exist? What is a PostScript error? Every PostScript device contains a RIP (or Raster Image Processor). This is a computer that translates the pages you want to print from
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PostScript into a format that the PostScript device understands. If the RIP encounters an error postscript errors while performing this translation, it returns a PostScript error message to the device that send the file. The error can be caused by
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bugs in the PostScript code itself, data corruption, limitations of the RIP and PostScript device processing the file, incompatibilities between different devices or applications, bad karma,… What do PostScript errors look like? A PostScript error has two error syntax error offending command nostringval parts: the error and the offending command. Take a look at a typical PostScript error: %%[Error: limitcheck; Offending command: image ]%% The error tells you exactly what problem the RIP encountered while processing your file. In the example, it is a limitcheck. Thankfully, there are a limited number of errors that can occur on PostScript devices. I think there are about 30 or so but I could be wrong. The offending command signals what specific error syntax error offending command stack PostScript command (or operator as they are called) was being processed by the RIP when the error occurred. In some cases, the offending command doesn't really look like a command but it is a series of random characters. This means the RIP has encountered some information in your printfile that it considers to be a PostScript operator but is not. This can happen with corrupted images, bad network connections and so on. Can PostScript errors be solved? Well, this website wouldn't make much sense if that wasn't possible. Of course, it helps if you know the famous Adobe Red Book by heart. But knowledge of the PostScript language is no prerequisite for troubleshooting PostScript errors. In reality, it is often a matter of luck. Errors caused by bugs in applications or drivers are sometimes well documented and easy to resolve. The same is true for errors caused by limitations or bugs in the software of the RIP itself. Errors caused by corrupted data can be tricky to troubleshoot. The same is true for PostScript errors caused by incompatibilities between different applications and RIPs. Why do PostScript errors even exist? In a perfect world, error messages wouldn't exist. But unfortunately we are stuck in a real world and errors usually occur on big jobs that are already past their deadline. Much of the problems w
opening all the graphics from your page using the application used to create them and simply resave the files. Then update the links in the page and try printing again. Switching to another format (like saving
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all TIFF files as EPS-es) may also get the job done. Specific issues error unregistered offending command xshow PostScript error undefined, offending command get This error is generated by the RIP whenever it tries to read data from a
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dictionary which are not there. Those dictionaries can be sent along the file by the application, they can be part of an EPS or PS-file but they can also be one of the RIP-dictionaries. https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/basics So if this error happens with a lot of similar jobs, you might get rid of it by reinstalling the software of the RIP. When a Global Graphics (Harlequin) RIP generates an ‘undefined' PostScript error, offending command ‘get' when processing a PDF coming from Adobe Indesign 2.x, it is time to upgrade to ScriptWorks 5.5r1a or later. This version has less problems handling composite fonts. When printing an https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/errors/get Adobe PDF file or from Adobe Acrobat or InDesign: create a PostScript file, convert it to PDF with ‘Acrobat 3 compatibility' activated, and print this PDF. The same error can also show up in Scenicsoft Preps 4.0 when PostScript level 2 in-rip separations are activated and one or more process colors are not selected for output. This error is fixed in Preps 4.02. When using Preps to output PDF file with duotones, a ‘Get' error can also show up when the Acrobat 5 plug-in is used to generate PostScript data. To correct this problem, you must change the PostScript Level of the Acrobat plug-in to level3 in the Preps ".cfg" file. To do this, use an editor to open the correct .cfg file from the Preps profiles folderand change the line that says -PLUGINPSLEVEL:2 to: -PLUGINPSLEVEL:3. More information can be found on the Scenicsoft web site. PostScript error typecheck, offending command get A PostScript error typecheck error, offending command get may be caused by bad DOS PostScript code. Try selecting the multiple page option in the DOS application and recreate the PostScript file. PostScript error rangecheck, offending command get InDesign 1.x documents that contains tints can cause a PostScript error "rangecheck" offen
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the links to other people's web pages are now broken. Why can't they stay still! Quick contents Introduction - what is an error? What is the error? Use an error handler Still no error details? Things to try first Checking for corrupt graphics About us PostScript error details (alphabetical by error name) HP Laserjet Error codes (30 PS ERROR nn) Introduction - what is an error? This is intended for people who have to try and deal with PostScript errors. You don't need to know anything about PostScript, except that it is a language that gets sent to a printer. By 'errors' I mean specific errors detected by a PostScript printer, that make it stop printing. This won't help you if the results are complete, but not what you expect. Good information on errors is hard to come by. The information here may help. It is long and detailed, and best used as a reference. Still, be prepared for a long struggle. Sometimes a file simply cannot be printed on a particular printer, particularly if it is old or has limited memory. (The amount of memory supplied by default with many printers is not adequate for complex graphics or using many fonts). Some people will be dealing with PostScript files sent to them, that they must try to print; others will be generating the PostScript themselves. Not all of the advice in this document can be followed by both groups. Although I refer to 'printers' throughout, you might be using a printer, a printing or previewing package on a PC or workstation, or a high-end typesetter. This file is definitely not intended to help people writing their own PostScript. The discussion is confined to errors likely to be found when a program writes the PostScript on your behalf. If writing PostScript you will need a good manual, and lots of patience! A particularly unpleasant source of problems is bugs, either in the programs that write the PostScript, or in a few cases in the PostScript interpreter itself. As bugs can cause anything to happen, this document may not be much use either, but I have included information on some bugs that have been discovered in common soft