[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Noob-Problems printing postscript document
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2004-07-30 4:47:49
Message-ID: 4109D2F5.80401 () acm ! org
[Download RAW message or body]

Jason Myers wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am running a debian/testing flavour with kde 3.2.  I have a postscript file 
> that I can view in with KGhostView fine, but when I try to print it, I get 
> the following message:
> 
> "The file format image/x-eps is not directly supported by the current print 
> system. KDE can try to convert this file automatically to a supported format. 
> But you can still try to send the file to the printer without any conversion. 
> Do you want KDE to try to convert this file to application/postscript?"
> 
> If I don't convert it and send it raw to the printer, it will only print out 
> one page.  If I try to convert it, I get the following error message:
> 
> "No appropriate filter was found to convert the file format image/x-eps into 
> application/postscript"
> 
> I guess my question is, where would I find the appropriate filter?

Since by definition, an EPS file can ONLY be one page, the question is: exactly 
what is going on here?

What is the name of this mystery file?  Does it have an extension: 'eps'?  If 
so, I suggest that you should be able to solve the problem by changing the 
extension to: 'ps'.

--
JRT

___________________________________________________
This message is from the kde-linux mailing list.
Account management:  https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux.
Archives: http://lists.kde.org/.
More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]