Postscript Error Offending Command
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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 a PostScript interpreter (for example, a printer, Acrobat Distiller). A PostScript error occurs when the error rangecheck offending command image PostScript interpreter can't read the file's PostScript code. An error can also occur if error undefined offending command stack the file's PostScript code exceeds one or more of the limits in the PostScript page description language. If your PostScript interpreter appears
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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
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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 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 syntax error offending command stack 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 > Printers (Windows 2000)Start > Printers And Faxes (Windows XP)Start > Control Panel > Printers (Windows Vista, Windows 7) Right-click the printer you are using, and then choose Printer Properties. Select the General tab, select Printing Preferences, and then click Advanced. Expand Document Options, and then expand PostScript Options. Set Send PostScript Error Handler to Yes. If you do not see this option, your printer does not have a PostScript Error Handler. Note: If PostScript Options isn't visible, double-click Document OptionsIn Mac OS, configure the Apple LaserWriter 8 or Adobe PS printer dri
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work-arounds. It may be worthwhile to check both the error message error unregistered offending command xshow and the command that caused the error to appear. If you are not entirely sure error limitcheck offending command save 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, https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-postscript-errors.html please add a comment about it 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 https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/errors eofill EPS_Dict exch exec execstackoverflow F featurecleanup fhiscomposite 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
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 https://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/errors/get printing again. Switching to another format (like saving all TIFF files as EPS-es) may also get the job done. Specific issues PostScript error undefined, offending command get This error is generated by the RIP whenever it tries to read data from a dictionary which are not there. Those dictionaries can be sent along the file by the application, they can be offending command part of an EPS or PS-file but they can also be one of the RIP-dictionaries. 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 offending command stack 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 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 e