UW postscript file problem

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3 total messages Started by bbr... Bailey Brown Wed, 20 May 1992 20:27

#855

Author: bbr... Bailey Brown
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 20:27

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I downloaded the uw postcript file (I think it was on
ucbvax at berkley) , and can't get it to print.
I think the problem has something to do with the file beginning
with

%!PS-AdobeFont-1.0

instead of

%!PS-Adobe-1.0

I think it is trying to define a font in the file and the ps printer
here can't handle that.  Is there a way to convert it into an
ordinary ps file?

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Bailey Brown                               "Above all else, confusion reigns."
Intergraph Corporation                                  
bbr...@casca.b11.ingr.com                              Procol Harum

Re: UW postscript file problem

#856

Author: mnfr... Martin Friedrich
Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 11:17

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bbr...@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) writes:

>I downloaded the uw postcript file (I think it was on
>ucbvax at berkley) , and can't get it to print.
>I think the problem has something to do with the file beginning
>with

I downloaded and printed it without problems.

>%!PS-AdobeFont-1.0

>instead of

>%!PS-Adobe-1.0

>I think it is trying to define a font in the file and the ps printer
>here can't handle that.  Is there a way to convert it into an
>ordinary ps file?

It doesn't matter what you write behind the '%!'
PostScript just checks if the file is beginning with '%!'.
All characters behind these two are ignored. Fonts are declared otherwise.
But I don't know what your problem is. I've heard of people trying to
print ps-files on a non-ps-printer...

Bica,
-Efchen
--
  My .signiture is on strike, and demands 13 lines with lots of whitespace

Re: UW postscript file problem SOLVED

#857

Author: bbr... Bailey Brown
Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 22:10

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mnfr...@faui09.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Martin Friedrich) writes:

>It doesn't matter what you write behind the '%!'
>PostScript just checks if the file is beginning with '%!'.
>All characters behind these two are ignored. Fonts are declared otherwise.
>But I don't know what your problem is. I've heard of people trying to
>print ps-files on a non-ps-printer...

It most definitely is a postcript printer, but it apparently does not 
know what to do with files that define their own fonts.  The file
does contain several type1 fonts because these fonts are not built in to 
the printer.

I successfully printed the file on an Apple Laserwriter Plus.

>Bica,
>-Efchen
>--
>  My .signiture is on strike, and demands 13 lines with lots of whitespace

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Bailey Brown                               "Above all else, confusion reigns."
Intergraph Corporation                                  
bbr...@casca.b11.ingr.com                              Procol Harum

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