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Ghostscript greater than 8.64
« on: December 20, 2009, 03:50:33 PM »
i'm trying to get better colors with our new Samsung CLP-315 and now have the icc files installed but the guy who makes these files says that there is a bug in Ghostscript 8.64.

He says:

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GHOSTSCRIPT BUGS
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    * ghostscript 8.64 is broken w.r.t. color.  Don't use!

    * Well Tempered Screening (WTS) works with ghostscript 8.54 thru 8.70+.
      So if you want BEST COLORS, you'll have to install gs 8.54 or better
      if you don't have it.

   $ gs --version
   8.15.2
   
   $ wget "http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/GPL/gs870/ghostscript-8.70.tar.gz"
   $ tar zxf ghostscript-8.70.tar.gz
   $ cd ghostscript-8.70
   $ ./autogen.sh
   $ make
   $ su            OR $ sudo cp bin/gs /usr/bin/gs.foo
   # cp bin/gs /usr/bin/gs.foo

   (Optional)
   # make install         OR $ sudo make install

   $ gs.foo --version
   8.70

    * Ghostscript before 8.55 has a problem with ICM files and 64-bit gcc.
      It causes a segfault with km2430_2.icm. So don't select that one.


i don't want to break my machine by d/l and installing stuff that's not already in the repos so i'd like to ask if anybody has any suggestions as to how i might go about fixing this or working around this issue or should i just try the 8.70 version?

Have a great afternoon!  :)

P.S. -- Anybody got a suggestion?
« Last Edit: December 22, 2009, 05:00:14 PM by frazelle09 »
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Re: Ghostscript greater than 8.64
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2010, 07:50:03 PM »
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i don't want to break my machine by d/l and installing stuff that's not already in the repos so i'd like to ask if anybody has any suggestions as to how i might go about fixing this or working around this issue or should i just try the 8.70 version?

Well, i never got an answer the first time, so i figured it was time to bump.  The printer still prints pretty well, but it has problems with some photos coming out very dark -- to the point of being black.

Have a great evening!  :)
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