davidd@wolf.cs.washington.edu (David Doll) (01/02/91)
I spent more than half an hour printing a ~1.1Meg (200+ pages) postscript file and at page 8, the paper jambed. I unstuck it (it was the last page)and when I shut the lid, I heard the engine crank up - but there was no paper. When I put in paper, it started at the next page: I'm missing page 8! Of course this is under an important section like how to install...I looked at the code and I'm kinda lost. Is there any way I can some how extract(?) page 8 from the file and just print that out? I would REALLY appreciate any help, I really don't want to reprint the whole thing. Thanks for your time and help. -- David Doll Computer Science Dept. University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 M/S: FR-35 davidd@wolf.cs.washington.edu
brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (01/03/91)
In article <DAVIDD.91Jan1215518@wolf.cs.washington.edu> davidd@wolf.cs.washington.edu (David Doll) writes:
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<I spent more than half an hour printing a ~1.1Meg (200+ pages) postscript
<file and at page 8, the paper jambed. I unstuck it (it was the last page)and
<when I shut the lid, I heard the engine crank up - but there was no paper.
<When I put in paper, it started at the next page: I'm missing page 8! Of
<course this is under an important section like how to install...I looked at
<the code and I'm kinda lost. Is there any way I can some how extract(?)
<page 8 from the file and just print that out? I would REALLY appreciate any
<help, I really don't want to reprint the whole thing. Thanks for your time
<and help.
This all depends on the tools that you have on your system. If you have the
Adobe TranScript package, you can use the psrev program to extract the
particular page.
Your problem points out a general mistake in general. It appears that the
software that runs a laser printer dumps the page currently printing when
there is a jam. I thinks this SUCKS THE BIG ONE. Many a time I get a jam
in my printer and lose a page that I have to spend time getting to print
again.
Is there anyone in the know that knows why this STUPID idea was done in
these printers? Yes, I consider it stupid. I wish that the jammed page
would be printed again.
Yes I get very pissed when this happens. Just ask my kid :-(
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In article <1195@vidiot.UUCP>, brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes: |> Your problem points out a general mistake in general. It appears that the |> software that runs a laser printer dumps the page currently printing when |> there is a jam. I thinks this SUCKS THE BIG ONE. Many a time I get a jam |> in my printer and lose a page that I have to spend time getting to print |> again. I think it depends on when the jam occurs. If the paper jams BEFORE Postscript and the printer can get the entire image on the page(be it in fresh toner or ink or whatever), then the page can be printed again. If it happens afterward, there is no way to reprint it because the page is just not there. It would greatly decrease throughput if each page must be kept in memory until the page hits the output bin, memory that is needed to start a new page. Gail Songer songer@expert.cc.purdue.edu expert.cc.purdue.edu!songer purccvm(songer)