Troubleshooting PS errors

Things can always go wrong. Usually the PostScript devil, who obviously is called Murphy, waits until late Friday afternoon before showing up. He has this annoying habit of using cryptic error message to confuse your printer or your workflow.

These pages provide background information about the essentials of PostScript errors next to a database of known issues and possible work-arounds and a generic article on how to proceed if your problem is not listed in the database.

2 Comments to “Troubleshooting PS errors”

  1. Mr. Syaiful, on December 1st, 2007 at 3:18 am Said:

    %%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: setcolor ]%%

    Stack:
    0.867
    0.871
    0.871
    -mark-

    %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
    %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

  2. Laurens, on December 3rd, 2007 at 5:39 am Said:

    With any PostScript error, first look up the error and offending command in my overview at http://www.prepressure.com/postscript/troubleshooting/errors
    If that doesn’t help, the general tips don’t help and a search across the web doesn’t bring up any useful clues, post a message at http://forums.b4print.com/ - there might be someone on the forum who can help you.

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