Re: ghostscript printing error

rcpj@xxxxxxxxx (Pierre Jelenc) writes:
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I froze the files in F:\SPOOL\HPLaser1 by turning off the printer before
they disappeared. There are two file, 00011.SHD which is a binary file
that starts with hex 80 00 0B 00 32 00 9E 00 B5 1C 00 00 00 00 D8 B4 ...
and is 1,284bytes long. It also contains some text such as:
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and a file called 00011.SPL which starts like a bona fide PostScript:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Pages: (atend)
Have you tried copying the PS file to the printer port
(assuming it is on an LPT port)? Bypassing the spooler.

Steve N.
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