printing postscript files on postscript printer

["Franz M. Sauerzopf" <sauer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi out there,

I found a minor problem, which maybe is due to apsfilter (slackware 
8.1rc2, v. 7.2.2. Printing a ps file from grace leads to a file 
nicely interpreted by gv. Sending it to a ps printer (in my case 
HP5, HP8000, HPColor4550) always causes an empty page to be 
printed. A correct printout is achieved if the printer mode is set 
to raw. We nailed down the problem (if it is true) to the line 
containing the \setpagedevice in the Duplex-feature included in the 
original file.

I am not sure, whether the ps file from grace 
(http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace; v5.18) is sick, because 
printing works from many other applications. I attach the file plus 
the additions made by apsfilter (starting from the line
% Pagedevice definitions:, continuing to %%EndSetup. Cutting the 
line   systemdict /setpagedevice get exec   leads to a correct (?) 
visible output.

I'm sorry, but the description of the problem did not really fit 
into the structure of the bug-reporting tool.

If you think that the problem lies with the ps-file as created by 
grace, please send a short response, I will then contact them.

Good luck and thanks for the very nice and reliable application.

Yours Franz

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Franz M. Sauerzopf
Atominstitut, TU Wien

psfile.tgz