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odd behavior when printing in E/L 1.99q



I'm experiencing some weirdness when printing files in Executor.  I'm 
running Executor/Linux on a FreeBSD machine with Linux emulation 
software, but I doubt that's the problem.

I've installed one of those "magic filter" gizmos that automagically 
determine what type of file is being printed, and invoke a proper filter 
to process it.  This is because my printer (Epson Stylus Color) is not a 
PostScript printer, but I want to be able to type "lpr foo.ps" or choose 
the PRINT command in an application (i.e. Netscape) and have the file 
print out properly.

When I print from Executor, however, here's what happens.  I only have 
three applications I can print from.

First I tried printing some files in Tex-Edit.  I tried both the "Welcome 
to Tex-Edit", the "Tex-Edit Revision History", and a text file of my own 
making.  All files printed OK, but only used about the top 2/3 of the 
page (8.5x11).  The "Welcome to Tex-Edit" has both color and B/W 
graphics; the color ones did not print at all, whereas the B/W ones did.  
I guess Executor doesn't support color graphics printing?

I then tried printing the "Compact Pro User's Guide" file, which is one 
of those "self-contained document" applications.  It printed OK, used up 
all the page, but the bottom of the page was always cut off -- that is, 
the last line on the page had only the top 2/3 or so printed.  This looks 
like a problem with Ghostscript not printing the entire page area?

Printing from BBEdit Lite 3.x does not work at all.  It appears to 
generate improper PostScript, since I can't even run the file through 
ghostscript or ghostview by hand.

My copy of MS Word, etc. has not arrived yet, so unfortunately I don't have 
any *real* apps to test with this.

Is anyone else having these problems?  Can anyone suggest a solution?  
Please let me know.  Thanks!

Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212
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