726244 - OS/2 version only - Native Postscript subsystem is broken in 2.5/2.6/2.7

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Printing: Output, defect)

Description

[Guilbert]

Attachment: Version2.7-second.pdf

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110421 SeaMonkey/2.0.14
Build ID: 20110421220512

Steps to reproduce:

Print a webpage to file in Seamonkey 2.7 for OS/2 using a Postscript printer definition. 


Actual results:

(1) Major issue:  second and all subsequent pages printed within a single session in all versions later than 2.0.14 are damaged and cannot be viewed and read in Acrobat or Lucide.  Illustrative file is attached. 

(2) Minor issue:  the .ps or .pdf files that version 2.7 generates (including the readable first file per session) are bloated -- typically 35 percent larger for .pdf, typically 400 to 800 percent larger for .ps -- compared to the same-format files that are generated by Seamonkey (for OS/2) versions 2.0.14 and earlier.  

This bug reports form allows one to attach only one file; I can supply additional illustrations of(identical page rendered by version 2.0.14; identical page when it is the first page rendered within a session of version 2.7)  behavior in Seamonkey (for OS/2) version 2.0.14 and Seamonkey (for OS/2) version 2.7.   The behavior is repeatable and consistent; independent third parties should be able to replicate it. 


Expected results:

(1) As to major issue, the second page (and all subsequent pages) printed to file within a session of Seamonkey should be rendered as viewable files, just as the first page printed to file is rendered as a viewable file.  

(2)  A generated .pdf or .ps file for a specific page generated by Seamonkey (for OS/2) version 2.7 should be the same size as a generated .pdf file (or .ps file) of the identical page generated from Seamonkey (for OS/2) version 2.0.14.  

There is a partial workaround.  Shut down Seamonkey (for OS/2) completely, and reopen it.  After re-opening, one can print one (only one, no more) uncorrupted webpage to file.  To print a second webpage to file, one must shut down Seamonkey completely a second time and reopen it.

Comment 1

[Philip Chee]

Is this broken in Firefox 8/9/10 as well?

Comment 2

[Dave Yeo]

(In reply to Philip Chee from comment #1)
> Is this broken in Firefox 8/9/10 as well?

Yes it is.

Comment 3

[Guilbert]

On my spouse's MacBookPro, running OS X Snow Leopard, we run Seamonkey 2.7.2, and formerly ran 2.7; and, on that platform, corrupted print-to-file is NOT an issue.  This is specifically an issue in the OS/2-eComStation port.  In my bug report, I imprecisely stated that only one uncorrupted _page_ could be printed per session; more precisely, only one uncorrupted print _job_ can be run per session.  However, on further examination of the output from the first print job of multi-frame pages in 2.7, I notice that the second _frame_ is corrupted.

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

OS/2 is no longer a supported platform.