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- From: cannell@ed8200.ped.pto.ford.com (Larry Cannell)
- Subject: Re: PostScript in lps20, help!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.131153.25006@ed8200.ped.pto.ford.com>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:11:53 GMT
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- Paul Chen (paul@sci.ccny.cuny.edu) wrote:
- :
- : We have some problems to some of PostScript files (not all of them)
- : in our lps20, and these files can be printed in QMS or HP without
- : any problems. Lps20 can print most of PS files, only some 'special
- : or complicated' PS files can't be printed.
- : May be we need more fonts? How can I find out how many fonts we have?
- : Any suggestions?
- :
-
- Several months ago a release of the printserver software included postscript
- code which defined some additional postscript commands that some other printer
- manufacturers chose to implement in their printers. I believe something like
- LPS$STATUSDICT was the file name. We added this to our postscript device
- control library on the VMS side. So now when we get some postscript code that
- dies we try printing it with PRINT/SETUP=LPS$STATUS ... On the Ultrix side we
- modifed xlator_call to add another datatype which prepends this file to the
- postscript.
-
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- Larry Cannell (cannell@ed8200.ped.pto.ford.com)
- Powertrain Electronics
- Ford Motor Company
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