[softwarelist] Re: Ov Pro & Internal Error Type=3

In message <582695764f.rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 25 Feb 2008, Roger Darlington wrote:
>> On 25 Feb 2008, Dr Alan Leighton wrote:
>>> In message <d7b08d764f.rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>           Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 24 Feb 2008, charles wrote:
>>>>> In article <88e32c764f.rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>>>    Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have Iyonix, RO 5.13, Ov Pro 2.77, Printers 1.72.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have an Ov Pro file, mae with OvPro 2.77, which it will not print,
>>>>>> giving an error 'Ov Pro has suffered an internal error, type=3'.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> It does this if I try printing to PoScript, or my Canon Inkjet, so I
>>>>>> don't think it is printer-driver related.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Strangely enough, OvPro will print all the other files I have fed it.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have tried saving it out as a DDL file and re-loading it back into
>>>>>> OvPro (after a re-boot) but it's always the same with this particular
>>>>>> file: type=3 error.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> have you a very large picture in it?  If so try proxying it.
>>> 
>>>> No, no pictures at all.
>>>> It is about 6 A4 pages long, and consists of text using only Homerton
>>>> and Selwyn fonts.
>>> 
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>> 
>> I have discovered that in my example submitted, if I delete the first
>> character (its in Selwyn font) then it WILL print (there then being no
>> Selwyn characters in the document).
>> 
>> This cannot, however, be the solution, because for the last 5 years I
>> have printed documents like this, using Selwyn font, on my Iyonix
>> without trouble.
>> 
>> Why doesn't OvPro now like Selwyn font? It displays the Selwyn font in
>> OvPro document on-screen perfectly well, but wont now print it?
>> 
>> Very strange?

> I've narrowed it down even further: I have discovered that OvPro
> doesn't like printing Selwyn characters, but only if they are
> top-bit-set-Selwyn characters.

> It will print Homerton Top bit set characters. It will print Selwyn
> characters with top-bit-unset.

> Hmmm - even stranger.

> Stranger still, Tech Writer (when printing top-bit-set-Selwyn
> characters) doesn't crash the whole Iyonix, it just politely says
> there's an error, and lets you get on with using the computer, which
> OvPro fails to let you do: you have to re-boot!

> I think it time to take this elsewhere: Archive-on-Line, as the error
> doesn't seem to be restricted to OvPro (although OvPro does crash
> irretrievably, whilst other programs don't).

> Stranger still: it didn't used to be like this: my Iyonix would
> happily print top-bit-set-Selwyn characters last year.

I have tired using Selwyn on my Iyonix 5.13, Printers 1.72, Ovation 
2.77 using a laser and it prints fine so even stranger,

Hope you crack it. Oh I had a thought, as we have the same set up 
email me the document and I will see if it will print on my set up,

Cheers

Alan


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