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Conference auss::decfax_vms

Title:DECfax Mail for OpenVMS
Moderator:AUSS::GARSON
Created:Mon Nov 09 1992
Last Modified:Sun May 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:960
Total number of notes:4808

957.0. "Postscript converter errors" by NZOV02::SHARPDAVID () Mon Mar 24 1997 14:20

    Customer is trying to DECFAX WORD6 and 7 documents containing a company
    logo (bitmap). Using postscript files produced from WORD with LPS17/600
    printer driver. Files print quite happily on the LPS17, but fail to
    DECFAX - get converter error CVT %%[Error: undefined; OffendingCommand:
    Level2ImagesError]%%
    
    Can anyone give me advice? (I know DECFAX is no longer officially
    supported).
    Using DECFAX V1.2-940629.
    
    Dave
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957.1try driver for old printerAUSS::GARSONDECcharity Program OfficeTue Mar 25 1997 08:2813
    re .0
    
    The PostScript interpretter that DECfax Mail uses is an ancient and
    orphanned one from Adobe (I think). It does not support Level 2
    PostScript (any features thereof) and in particular does not support
    compressed images.
    
    The best printer to test on is an LPS40 which likewise does not support
    many if any of the newer PostScript features. I would *expect* the same
    error from that printer. Likewise perhaps if you use the LPS40 printer
    driver on the PC to produce the PostScript files there is some chance
    that faxing will work.
                          
957.2lps40 driverNZOV02::SHARPDAVIDWed Mar 26 1997 10:131
    Thanks, will give it a go.