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Started by Carlo Fontanesi
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:25
Help on PostScript Format
Author: Carlo Fontanesi
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:25
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:25
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Where can I find the explanation of the various formats in the Postscript options (Portability, Speed, Archive...)? I found that using Portability I have the following string in the PS file (from FrameMaker on Win2k, Linotronic330): "%%BeginFeature: *PageSize A4". This string is not present if I print with Archive format. But Distiller can distill the second file, but not the first (the portability format gives an offendig command)...
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Helge Blischke
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:06
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:06
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The Linotronic330 PPD you use probably is the old version 52.x one, which describes a level 1 device. That uses legacy operators to set the page size which distiller does not know about. You should use this old Linotronic PPD if and only if you have a Linotronic330 with a RIP 30 or RIP 40 (or earlier) attached.
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Carlo Fontanesi
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:10
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:10
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Does it depend from Windows 2000? In Windows 95/98 there is a "Portability (ADSC)" option that works great with distiller and that deseappear in Windows 2000...
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:16
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:16
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The �portability� option should be irrelevant to the Distiller. That option was provided to two purposes: (1) To get around ill-behaved applications that made assumptions about how the driver created PostScript and used GDI escape sequences to insert PostScript into the output stream. Example: FrameMaker versions prior to 5.1. (2) To create PostScript that is semi page-independent to accommodate certain PostScript preprocessing applications that do not actually process PostScript. This option is fairly useless for virtually all modern day applications and RIPs. It is totally irrelevant to distilling PostScript to create PDF. - Dov
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Helge Blischke
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 17:47
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 17:47
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This option is fairly useless for virtually all ...
but is needed for most imposition applications as they reorder the pages.
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:22
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:22
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Such imposition applications are fairly brain-dead in that they do not generally fully interpret PostScript. They rely on guessing about the file contents based upon DSC which is highly unreliable. One of the great advantages of PDF over PostScript is that the page order dependencies go away. Sending PostScript to prepress service providers is a great way to cause oneself quite a few problems! - Dov
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:48
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:48
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> They rely on guessing about the file contents based upon DSC which is highly unreliable I'd have to disagree that time, Dov. If DSC is used *correctly* then imposition will be 100% accurate, all of the time, without any need to guess anything. The reason imposition packages are a bit flaky is that PostScript doesn't really follow DSC very often... Aandi Inston
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 04:23
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 04:23
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Actually, the problem that we have found is that each PostScript pre-processing program appears to interpret DSC differently and some of them try to do pattern-matching of PostScript to pick up further information with regards to the PostScript file. When you look at the combinations and permutations of what is generated by programs producing EPS imported into mainline publishing programs which add their own DSC and further aggrevated by drivers adding even more DSC. Since "correctly" generating DSC as well as PostScript is so problematic, PDF provides a much better alternative for prepress added value functionality. - Dov
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:03
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:03
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I could only agree that imposing PDF is much superior! It's not without its problems (for example, patterns and shadings may be relative to the page origin, so simple shifting PDF contents on a sheet can produce incorrect results). Aandi Inston
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Bates
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:02
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:02
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I have a Lino 330 with 50 RIP and can not get it to print from the PC, which has Windows XP - I understand that the Windows may have an updated drive that will work. Can anyone confirm and tell me where to get it or how to workaround this problem. Thanks
Re: Help on PostScript Format
Author: Helge Blischke
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:21
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:21
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Print to file and post an URL to that sample file. I'll have a look into it.
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