Hello All,
Here is more detailed information:
The problem appears in the 7.2 as well.
PostScript can not print color images and it seem that it dependent on
the image color depth.
I am curious where are Cincom people ? Usually they are so quick to
respond.
--Mark
Mark Pirogovsky wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I just discovered that the PostScript printing Doesn't work when
> Printing Colors is set to 'On' in the preferences. It applies to VW
> 7.3.1 and 7.4.
>
> NOTE: same technique was working fine in VW7.2 when I forced it to print
> PS with color( in the code) ...
>
> NOTE: when color printing set to 'OFF" then it works, however all the
> images are black and white....
>
> The way to test:
> In the out of box Visual.im in the settings set the color printing to 'ON'.
>
> Put a break point or halt in the beginning of the method
> DocumentRenderer>>toPrinter -- you don't want to print hundreds of pages
> or some arcane commands anyway.
>
> In the Workspace execute
>
> "Document doTest2" or "Document doTest3"
>
> It will produce the file PrintJob file in your directory. Rename it to
> the PrintJob.ps and run it through something like Adobe distiller, or
> any number of other PS - to PDF converters ( like GhostScript for example).
>
> The distiller gave me an error as follows:
>
> %%[ Error: rangecheck; OffendingCommand: colorimage ]%%
>
> Stack:
> 3
> false
> {--currentfile-- picstr --readhexstring-- --pop--}
> [492 0 0 -787 0 787]
> 5
> 787
> 492
>
>
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
>
>
> NOTE: GhostScript 8.50 tries to create the PDF file, but then when I try
> to open the file, Acrobat Reader gives me an error.
>
> Versions of the software:
> Acrobat Distiller 5.x and 6.x.
> Acrobat Reader 6.
> Ghostscript 8.50 and 7.06.
> VW 7.3.1, VW 7.4
> Win XP SP2. ATI Radeon video with the latest drivers from the vendor
> color depth 16 screen res 1600x1200 (I am not sure if it is relevant)
>
> --Mark
>
>
>
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