Re: Postscript will be shown wrong on Mac OS

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From: Helge Blischke
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:24

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Stefan Mettenbrink wrote:

> I have a ps-file, that (should, I don't know how) be shown well on
> windows, but on Mac OS the landscape format is to small. A part on the
> right site is cutted off.
> 
> I have no idea how to fix this. Can someone here help me please?
> 
> You can download the file here:
> <http://www.familienbande-genealogie.de/Test/Ahn_Tafel7.ps>
> 
> Greatings from germany, Stefan Mettenbrink.
> 
> (Sorry for my bad english)

Well, on Mac OS X the Preview application uses the utility pstopdf to 
convert PostScript files to PDF and displays the latter.
The default page size pstopdf uses seems to be US Letter in portrait 
orientation.
You should modify your PostScript setup to generate a correct 
setpagedevice statement for e.g. A4 landscape format to ensure that the 
resulting PDF is correct.

By the way, the gv utility (not standard on Mac OS X but on Linux) dieplays 
the file correctly.

Helge

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