Printing EPS

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#1

Hi.
I am getting a little weary of working in LO and printing from AOO because LO won't print EPSs to a postscript printer (from 4.2).
I can't see a bug explicitly about printing to a postscript printer, most bugs are in regards rendering of EPS files or exporting as PDF and I just want to print them to a postscript printer.
If this is resolved in 5.0 there is not much point in filing the bug so I am just wondering if anyone has tried this in a 5.0 release candidate.
TIA, steve

#2

What package[s] are creating the EPS files?
Also Windows, Mac, or Linux?
I do not have any that requires EPS files using Linux Mint.

All my printers use Postscript drivers to print the document.

#3

Hi all,

A quick test with Writer and an inserted EPS image on OSX 10.01.3 with
LO master 5.1 prints a bounding box in which is written :
Creator LibreOffice 4.4
LanguageLevel :2

So, pretty much useless.

The discussion in bug report 67465 pretty much sums up why you can not
print from LO. And see also it's sister bug 67464.

See also bug 34836, comment 18 and comment 44, where one of the
developers has added his thoughts on the matter.

Basically, it can't ever work on Mac OSX if :

- no pstoedit is present ; and
- the user has not indicated in his app environment variable the path to
the pstoedit utility.

Alex

#4

Hi. I create the EPS files with a range of packages on Opensuse and use some from adobe products and Corel draw on PC. Most don't have a usable (print worthy) preview.
Steve