Postscript Print error (ERROR: rangecheck; OFFENDING COMMAND: filter)

[Darrell_J_Brown@adobeforums.com]

We are attempting to print off some rather large image files on a Xerox 340 and an HP Laserjet 4MV printer via Adobe Acrobat 6. Smaller similar files print fine, but when we try to print some of the larger files we get a sheet with the following printed instead of the image:

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ERROR: rangecheck
OFFENDING COMMAND: filter

STACK:

/CCITTFaxDecode
-dictionary-
-filestream-
-filestream-
-mark-
/_Filters
[1.0 0.0 ]
/Decode
1
/BitsPerComponent
[25386.0 0.0 0.0 -6552.0 0.0 6552.0 ]
/ImageMatrix
6552
/Height
25386
/Width
1
/ImageType
-mark-
-savelevel-
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From searching the Adobe site, it sounds like the "ERROR: rangecheck" indicates there is a problem with "unintelligible PostScript code", however I cannot find any reference to what "OFFENDING COMMAND: filter" means or how to fix this problem. If anyone has any information or suggestions, I would love to hear from you.

Thanks

[de_Siem@adobeforums.com]

Looks like the rip on your pritners simply can't deal with the ps date it's being send.

rangecheck noprmally means that a value is too large for the rip toohandle:
<http://www.prepressure.com/ps/dbase/rangecheck.htm>

Postscript errors with an offending command "filter'" have something to do with the filters that are used within a RIP to handle various data formats. In all cases I ever read about or encountered, problems decompressing images lead to "filter" errors.
<http://www.prepressure.com/ps/dbase/filter.htm>

See if you can print these files when selecting print as image, found under the advanced print options.