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- %Controld.ps (C) Joseph Mack NA3T and Michael Katzman NV3Z, 1996
- % This file contains the ^D (the \004 or unix EOF) character
- %
- % Summary: concatenate controld.ps at the end of your Postscript files,
- % when sending to a real Postscript printer.
- %
- % Explanation: A postscript file, when sent to a real Postscript printer
- % must be terminated by ^D to let the printer know that the
- % end of data has been reached and it can start calculating/printing.
- % If this char is not sent, then the printer will sit there till it
- % times out (could be a while).
- %
- % To print AZ_PROJ on a real Postscript printer,
- % you concatenate all the files you want printed,
- % with the controld.ps as the last file using an instruction like
- %
- % C:> copy az_ini.ps+az_proj.ps+grid.dat+n_amer.wdb+controld.ps big.ps
- %
- % You can then print big.ps on your real Postscript printer
- %
- % If you are sending big.ps to ghostcript, you do not need controld.ps
- % If you have usd ghostscript in what I call postscript mode
- % eg
- %
- % C:> type big.ps | gs - > c:\temp\error.out
- %
- % then the operating system will already have put an EOF
- % appropriate for the machine onto big.ps and you won't have
- % to do anything special (ie controld.ps is not needed as
- % part of big.ps).
- %
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