Solved mozilla error when printing

[mumbojumbo]

Hi, everybody,

When using Mozilla 9.0.1 , sometimes I want to print several pages from a web page. The first page normally prints, but the second page which should be duplexed prints the following on the back of the first page:-

ERROR NAME;
      typecheck
COMMAND;
     image
OPERAND STACK;

My printer is a Brother HL-5250DN and I am running linux 2.6.38.8 - pclinos1.bfs kde 4.6.5 (4.6.5)
All this is running on an Apple Airport network wirelessly and my wireless sender is an Edimax EW-7711UAn

My workaround has been to print to cups pdf first and then print from the pdf which is a little long winded. I hope you can help.

Many thanks,

mumbojumbo

[rubentje1991]

I'd think this is a problem with Firefox, not PCLinuxOS or the printer....
=> with Cups-pdf, you don't use duplex,
only with your printer..... and that error

The error you gave apparently is a typical PostScript error....;
So:
What driver is selected for your printer?

[mumbojumbo]

Hi, rubentje1991

The printer driver is :- Brother HL-5250DN BR-Script3

The device url is :- lpd://192.168.1.70/PASSTHRU

The duplex is set to :- DuplexNoTumble

mumbojumbo

[rubentje1991]

Please soon try updating to Firefox 10, and try again.... maybe it works (but I doubt it will)... - it normally will appear in Synaptic soon 

What happens if you try another browser (opera, iron, konqueror and others are available in Synaptic  )
=> try to print the same page....


I'll try to explain the error (with the help of http://www.prepressure.com/postscript):
A typecheck error most of the times is caused by corrupted data....
and in this case it happened during processing an image.

So, there are several possible causes:
=> corrupted image in the web page: please try printing with firefox from a different web site with images... (as a test)
=> something wrong with the browser.... please try another browser (as suggested above)
=> something wrong with the driver, but then I first want to know the results of the previous 2 tests


Thanks in advance  

PS: maybe you can also try to print the same web page without duplexing... many tests to execute, I know - but I think they're needed - unless someone jumps in now and gives the solution at once  

[mumbojumbo]

Hi, rubentje1991

I tried using Opera and Konqueror as you suggested and they seem to work fine. (I printed off the "welcome from the chief editor" which had text and a picture.)

Firefox still had a problem.

I checked synaptic for the firefox update as you suggested, tried it and bingo, it works!!! 

Many thanks for the help, and many thanks to mozilla for the timely update.


mumbojumbo


By the way what an interesting web page www.prepressure.com is.

[rubentje1991]

By the way what an interesting web page www.prepressure.com is.

Yep, bookmarked it too, after finding it via Google