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

Please excuse me for long delay.
I've uploaded my test file to dropbox:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/80139861/test.odt

> 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.

I reproduced the same situation (huge file) on 2 different Windows
computers.

2012/12/22 NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net>

> 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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