[libreoffice-users] Re: huge print jobs for MS Publisher Imagesetter printer

On 12/20/2012 05:12 AM, Anna Martynova wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I noticed a strange thing in Windows version of Libre Office. When I print
> to printer that is configured with driver "MS Publisher Imagesetter",
> sometimes print files are really huge. For testing purpose I used "Print to
> file" option.
> For example I attached a 13 kilobyte odt file that turns into 48 megabytes
> print file. It contains several lines of letters and numbers, and then
> broken link to image (copied from web browser).

You can't attach files here. You either need to post them on a site
somewhere, or use Nabble to attach.

As a test I installed "MS Publisher Imagesetter", on a WinXP virtual
machine (on a linux host). I then printed a 13K two page .odt file from
LO Version 3.6.3.2 (Build ID: 58f22d5); the first page is all text, the
second page is an EPS graphic. Printed to "MS Publisher Imagesetter" and
the result is a 107K postscript file that I opened in Ghostscript to
ensure it worked properly.

The PS heading on the print file:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Title: eps-example
%%Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2
%%CreationDate: 12/21/2012 17:28:40
%%For: G
%%BoundingBox: (atend)
%%Pages: (atend)
%%Orientation: Portrait
%%PageOrder: Special
%%DocumentNeededResources: (atend)
%%DocumentSuppliedResources: (atend)
%%DocumentData: Clean7Bit
%%TargetDevice: () (52.3) 320
%%LanguageLevel: 1
%%EndComments

%%BeginDefaults
%%PageBoundingBox: 21 54 582 774
%%ViewingOrientation: 1 0 0 1
%%EndDefaults

> If I print this document to another printer (with different driver, for
> example, HP LaserJet 2050) the size of print jobs is quite reasonable (less
> than 1 megabyte).

I suspect that you have an issue with the MSPI driver. You might want to
install a second one and see if it acts the same.
> Is it normal behavior? Have anyone else noticed that?
> We met with it when we were trying to understand why printing from Libre
> Office takes so much time in RDP terminal session. :) (We had files that
> produced even 250 Mb of print data, of course it took much time to send it
> to terminal client's printer).

If you'd like to send me your file directly, I'll see if I can recreate
the problem.

> Thanks in advance.



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