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

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

On Thursday 12 April 2018 16:06:06 m.roth at 5-cent.us
wrote:
> Yan Li wrote:
> >
> > 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?
That would make sense
> >
> > I'd try:
> > 1. Use ps2ascii instead of ps2pdf+pdftotext.
I did first try ps2ascii as it was the most obvious choice. However, it gave 
nothing like the output I was expecting.

ps2pdf + pdftotext -layout gives me almost exactly how the report originally 
looked, apart from the occassional alignment issue.
> >
> > 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.
Thanks for this. I will try these two options if I need to.

However, I have found in Windows 10 there is a printer driver Microsoft
"Print
to PDF" which creates a PDF file without the initial PS stage. This is
better
because it now keeps some of the non-display characters that the original 
method lost.

Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Thursday 12 April 2018 16:06:06 m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
<SNIP>
>> I'd recommend, to start, installing msttcorefonts, and see if that
>> helps.
>
> Thanks for this. I will try these two options if I need to.
>
> However, I have found in Windows 10 there is a printer driver Microsoft
> "Print to PDF" which creates a PDF file without the initial PS
stage.
This is
> better because it now keeps some of the non-display characters that the
original
> method lost.
Also, if you're printing to pdf in Windows, see if there's an option to
"embed font".

      mark