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Re: Recent BUTTERFLY Postscript program posted

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From: rsilverman
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 22:12
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In article <3003@pikes.Colorado.EDU>, rsklar@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Malus Dominii) writes:
> 
> 	I recently captured the butterfly posting.  I enjoyed printing out the
> Escher-like tiling.  However, I don't have a color laser printer.  The black
> and white looked good, but I want to see it in color on my screen (Mac II).
> How can I load this into Adobe Illustrator?  I realize that postscript programs
> can be loaded into Illustrator directly, but I just can't seem to do it.  I 
> figured out that you needed a %!PS-Adobe-DogHead header and a %%Trailer end etc.
> thing, but that doesn't change.
> 

Joel,
	Arbitrary PostScript programs cannot be loaded into Illustrator. 
Illustrator accepts a restricted subset of PostScript as its file format.  See
"Adobe Illustrator 88: An Official Handbook for Designers" for specs on the
format.
		Richard Silverman
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Subject: Re: Recent BUTTERFLY Postscript program posted
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