CentOS - Apr 2018 - Windows PC PostScript printer driver -> CUPS data import fails

Hi all,

For some years now I have been using a simple system I found online which 
allows me to easily import data from Windows Programs.

Hopefully others out there are using the system and already have found the 
answer to my problem.

I have installed on my Centos server a virtual CUPS printer which receives a 
PS file, and then runs 'ps2pdf' and 'pdftotext -layout' to end
up with a text
file.

On the Windows PC's it's simply a case of installing a printer pointing
to
this server, and using the HP Colour Laster 2800 PS drivers.

Now to my problem. We have finally moved onto Windows 10, and now when I try 
to install the printer that model printer is no longer available. When I try 
similar HP Colour Laser PS drivers the ps2pdf command fails.

[root at lou inet]# ps2pdf 20180412_104403_tcards.ps
GPL Ghostscript 9.14: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
[root at lou inet]# 

The PDF contains:

ERROR: invalidfileaccess
OFFENDING COMMAND: .findfont
OPERAND STACK:
r
/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/UTBI____.pfa
--nostringval--
true
NimbusMonL-Regu
Courier
--nostringval--
Courier
4544317
Courier
Font
Courier

Has anyone else had this problem, and have they managed to find a solution?

Gary

On 04/12/2018 03:08 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> The PDF contains:
> 
> ERROR: invalidfileaccess
> OFFENDING COMMAND: .findfont
> OPERAND STACK:
> r
> /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/UTBI____.pfa
> --nostringval--
> true
> NimbusMonL-Regu
> Courier
> --nostringval--
> Courier
> 4544317
> Courier
> Font
> Courier
It seems that .findfont can't find a font file that the PS file is
asking for. Is it possible that your Windows 10 is printing using some
new fonts that your CentOS doesn't have?

I'd try:
1. Use ps2ascii instead of ps2pdf+pdftotext.

2. Copy all font files from Windows 10 to your CentOS. Maybe put them in
~/.fonts and see if that could make ps2pdf happy.

Just my shot in the dark.

-- 
Yan Li

Yan Li wrote:
> On 04/12/2018 03:08 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
>> The PDF contains:
>>
>> ERROR: invalidfileaccess
>> OFFENDING COMMAND: .findfont
>> OPERAND STACK:
>> r
>> /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/UTBI____.pfa
>> --nostringval--
>> true
>> NimbusMonL-Regu
>> Courier
>> --nostringval--
>> Courier
>> 4544317
>> Courier
>> Font
>> Courier
> It seems that .findfont can't find a font file that the PS file is
> asking for. Is it possible that your Windows 10 is printing using some
> new fonts that your CentOS doesn't have?
>
> I'd try:
> 1. Use ps2ascii instead of ps2pdf+pdftotext.
>
> 2. Copy all font files from Windows 10 to your CentOS. Maybe put them in
> ~/.fonts and see if that could make ps2pdf happy.
>
I'd recommend, to start, installing msttcorefonts, and see if that helps.

        mark