Re: XForms: Postcript generated by xyplot dumps

T.C. Zhao (zhao@bloch.phys.uwm.edu)
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:50:11 -0600

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On Oct 28, 9:48am, Ivan Powis wrote:
> Subject: XForms: Postcript generated by xyplot dumps
> To subscribers of the xforms list from Ivan Powis
<pczip@chemistry.nottingham.ac.uk> :
>
> The fixed xyplot postscript output dump (87.4) works well now and
> looks good when viewed with ghostscript. I liked it so much I decided
> to print out hardcopies! Unfortunately most prin ters I have access to
> flash their busy lights at me for a short while when presented with
> such output but produce no paper! This includes Apple LaserWriters
> which I take to be a kind of benchmark for postscript Level 1.

I am fairly confident that the generated PostScript is valid
Postscript. What I am not sure is if it contains Level 2
stuff. For B&W output, there is no reason for xyplot to use
anything other than level 1 features. I will double check.
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