Re: XForms: Postcript generated by xyplot dumps

Frank van Beek (frank@neogeo.nl)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 17:43:05 +0100

To subscribers of the xforms list from "Frank van Beek" <frank@neogeo.nl> :

I know this is a long shot, but I can't test it here:

Does the postscript file have a showpage at the end ? It should look something
like this...

> tail xforms.ps
x y M (Retry) Cshow
0.631 G 273.2 153.8 269.0 158.0 273.2 162.2 277.4 158.0 4 P F
0.349 G 273.2 150.8 266.0 158.0 269.0 158.0 273.2 153.8 4 P F
0.161 G 273.2 150.8 273.2 153.8 277.4 158.0 280.4 158.0 4 P F
0.871 G 273.2 162.2 273.2 165.2 280.4 158.0 277.4 158.0 4 P F
0.8 G 266.0 158.0 273.2 165.2 273.2 162.2 269.0 158.0 4 P F
0 G /x 283.40 def /y 158.00 -0.40 H mul add def
x y M (Beep) Lshow
grestore % }
showpage

Frank.

> 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 printers 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. The
> only printer I've had success with was a big HP LJ5Si. (nb this problem
> appears with output from the DEMOS - test.ps - as well as my own apps)
>
> I've always resisted the temptation to learn postscript so can't see
> whats wrong with the output, but it seems that some interpreters
> (genuine Adobe?) are being a little more picky than others (gs, HP's
> ..) and having trouble with the dumped output. Can anyone check this
> out for me?
>
> Ivan

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