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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: I can't print using kword.
From:       Julien Olivier <jo () villafrance ! com>
Date:       2001-11-26 17:57:33
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Le Lundi 26 Novembre 2001 17:54, Craig Drummond a écrit :
> > If I print to a ps file, the file is exactly like the preview and,
> > consequently, different from the printout.
> >
> > Can I send you in private the print.ps file ?
> >
> > Le Lundi 26 Novembre 2001 17:16, David Faure a écrit :
> > > On Monday 26 November 2001 16:04, Julien Olivier wrote:
> > > > Oups, sorry ! I talked to fast.
> > > >
> > > > In fact, now it prints just fine but the print preview displays
>
> it badly.
>
> > > > So, it's fixed even if there still is a problem with print
>
> preview.
>
> > > > Do you want a screenshot of the preview ?
> > >
> > > Err yes because I'm very confused. Print preview and actual
>
> printing
>
> > > are usually exactly the same, the problem was never there.
> > > If you print to file and open with gv or kghostview (try both),
> > > does it look like the printout, or still like the print preview ?
>
> Hi,
>
> I know I'm jumping in here sort of mid-conversation, but I've got a few
> questions/ideas:
>
> 1. Does the .ps file have the font embedded into it - I assume not.

I don't know...

> 2. If not - if you try using 'gs <ps file>', does it display errors
> saying it can't find a specified font, and is substituting another one?
>

No error and the file appears perfectly in gv

> 3. Are you using CUPS?
>

Yes

> The problem may be that the 'Fontmap' file that Ghostscript is using is
> probably different to the one that CUPS's version of Ghostscript is
> using.
> (Fontmap is used by Ghostscript to map font names  used in .ps files to
> real font files - and CUPS has it's own copy of Ghostscript and Fontmap)

In fact, the ps appears well on gv but bad on kghostview while it appears 
well on both when the .kwd doc is embedded into kspread.

-- 
Julien Olivier

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