[X2Go-Dev] cups-x2go problem printing multiple copies from windows terminal server. Fix inside ( i guess )

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi John,

On Do 08 Mär 2012 18:07:21 CET "John A. Sullivan III" wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 17:31 +0100, Mike Gabriel wrote:
>> Hi Helmer,
>>
>> On Do 08 Mär 2012 16:26:31 CET Helmer Teles wrote:
>>
>> > Steps to correct it:
>> >
>> > I've changed the line in /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-x2go to:
>> >
>> > # PS2PDF command
>> > my $ps2pdf = "/usr/bin/gs -q -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -
>> > dSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=\"%s.pdf\"
>> > -dAutoRotatePages=/PageByPage
>> > -dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -
>> > dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -dDoNumCopies  -c .setpdfwrite -f \"%s\"";
>> >
>> > FROM:
>> >
>> > # PS2PDF command
>> > my $ps2pdf = "/usr/bin/gs -q -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -
>> > dSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=\"%s.pdf\"
>> > -dAutoRotatePages=/PageByPage
>> > -dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -
>> > dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -c .setpdfwrite -f \"%s\"";
>>
>> Patch applied, thanks!
>> http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=cups-x2go.git;a=commitdiff;h=86e725ac8e514d40abcef9db2367be05736d0604
>>
> <snip>
> I do not know much about ghostscript but do we know what this change
> does and what the real problem was? Was it the PDFSETTINGS=/printer or
> the DoNumCopies? What does the change really do?
>
> A half hour of Internet research didn't turn up much:
> -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen   (screen-view-only quality, 72 dpi images)
> -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook    (low quality, 150 dpi images)
> -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer  (high quality, 300 dpi images)
> -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress (high quality, color preserving, 300 dpi imgs)
> -dPDFSETTINGS=/default  (almost identical to /screen)
>
> I do not know what color preserving means.  I am a little concerned
> about size.  We have had some issues where the wrong settings is the
> difference between sending a 2MB file and a 40MB file (I don't recall
> the exact number but I believe the difference was much greater) which
> can be critical when printing across a WAN.  This is from the CutePDF
> FAQ:
> How to reduce the size of output PDF file?
> You can alter the parameters used in a text file "%Program Files%\Acro
> Software\CutePDF Writer\PDFWrite.rsp". The key parameters are in the
> line:
>       -dPDFSETTINGS=configuration
> where configuration can be /screen, /printer, /prepress, /default.
> Using /Printer can cut size by half.

Thanks for your critical feedback. I have only applied the DoNumCopies  
setting, the PDFSETTINGS=prepress I have left untouched.

I will build a package of the latest commit and Helmer has to test. Ok Helmer?

Mike


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