home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Network CD 1
/
Network CD.iso
/
fredfish
/
881-890
/
ff884
/
postsplit
/
postsplit.doc
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1993-07-16
|
4KB
|
87 lines
Document for postsplit - v1.05
Notice - I accept no liability for this program, this program is public domain.
Pagestream 2.2 produces monocrome Postscript output or complex colour
Postscript files. The colour Postscript files cannot be handled by most
interpreters so the file has to be split into separate files for sending to
multipass printing devices.
With the program postsplit in its present form, its possible to automaticaly
split the file into its separate pages/colour separations.
The switch anl - analyse produces a file with a .anl extension ie:-
postsplit filename anl
!PS-Adobe-2.0
"test.pgs, Page #1, Process Cyan)
!PS-AdobeFont-1.0: Shelley-AllegroScript 001.001
"test.pgs, Page #1, Process Magenta)
"test.pgs, Page #1, Process Yellow)
"test.pgs, Page #1, Process Black)
"test.pgs, Page #2, Process Cyan)
!PS-AdobeFont-1.0: MachiavelliBld 001.000
"test.pgs, Page #2, Process Magenta)
"test.pgs, Page #2, Process Yellow)
"test.pgs, Page #2, Process Black)
"test.pgs, Page #2, Spot Colour Silver:[35.00
So you now know what is in your postscript file, save this information
you will need it later. Notice that the file included font is in the
cyan colour area. This means that if you want the font to print in
black you will have to move it to the black area manualy in this version.
(I'm working on automatically moving it).
OK say we want to print page1 yellow!
Use the switch postsplit filename yellow this will start to generate another
file suffixed .yellow and then ask you for a page number. As you see from
the data yellow page1 is the third page, so enter 3.
Your now asked for the maximum page, so as there are 9 enter 9.
The output file in this version has a minor bug. About five lines up
from the bottom of the file the words End Page have two cr's after them
this should not matter.
The program will detect adobe included fonts only!
The switch fnt will extract from the begining of the first adobe font to
the end of the file and place the information in a file with the extension
.fnt ie.
postsplit filename.ps.cyan fnt You still have to insert it in the black file
manualy, it doesn't matter if you erase the font information from the cyan
file or not. Also the larger the file you have the more time the program will
take to process.
Although Pagestream Postscript file print on Postscript printers with no
problems, it can be quite difficult to setup a imagesetter to generate
O/P for a printing press. The switch eps will convert the Postscript file
into an encapsulated file which may be inserted into Quark Express or
Ventura Publisher at a print buro. The Postscript file for converting must be
only one page (can still be full colour plus spots), and must not include
crop or registration marks. These marks are put in by the 'Host Process'.
To test to see if this has worked you may import the EPSF file back into
itself or load it into Prodraw, Propage etc to test it.
!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
"test.pgs, Page #1, Process Cyan)
!PS-AdobeFont-1.0: Shelley-AllegroScript 001.001
"test.pgs, Page #1, Process Magenta)
"test.pgs, Page #1, Process Yellow)
"test.pgs, Page #1, Process Black)
The above anl file was generated from an encapsulated colour file with one
font in it, notice the first line states its encapsulated (unlike the first
example) and the font is in the cyan area of page 1. If the page is inserted
into another application, it will display as either a gray box or an empty
box with a cross in it; depending on the application (unless you are using
Postscript display language!).
You must ensure if you are using separated colour files, that they are input
at the same size and to the same page co-ordinates, and that the application
generates crop and registration marks. The output must be in Postscript.
If you find this program useful please let me know!
I Parker
7 Hawthorn Way
Macclesfield
Cheshire SK10 2DA
England