I’ve been having this problem ever since my install of 12.1. If I try to print a boarding pass or other ticket which contains a bar code or the qr type graphic, the graphic and bar code do not print. Everything around it prints fine.
If I print the item out to a .pdf file, the .pdf file is correct but again when I try to print the .pdf file, the bar code/graphic does not print.
I am able to print photographs (although the color is very muddy compared to version 11.4), but tickets do not print. I resort to print the item to .pdf file, then fire up Virtual Box and Windows 7 to print the darn thing. That prints successfully.
I’ve changed the gutenprint driver between advanced and simplified with the same results. A print preview displays the items correctly.
Any suggestions? I’ve done a search and the items I found were back in 2009 which I would have thought would be resolved by now. I tried updating to ghostscript 9.05 out of factory from the standard 9.00.13 and that didn’t print at all. Also update gutenprint to the factory version and that had no effect.
That really sucks, 12.1 is an enormous decrease compared with 12.4
I think you mean 11.4, but this is not specific to openSUSE - its an upstream regression with ghostscript itself, so you need to file bug reports and knock on the developers doors.
Generally speaking, I have found that typical linear barcodes are created as a special font.
Accordingly, when printing to a specific printer you need to verify that the printer supports that type of print format/barcode font.
Generally different for printing non-linear barcodes which are usually generated and then displayed as an image.