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newsprint trouble

#1983
From: Paul Wessel
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:28
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Dear group-
	I have often used the "save as Postscript" option on a Mac to
save a Word document as PS.  Transferred to my Sun, I print it out
on our Sparcprinter.  However, this file, which works fine with SendPS
to our Applelaser IIg, makes newsprint vomit back:

Messages from output filter:
%%[ Error: Message: process(0x54ac24, 'Unnamed process', runnable)
Error: /typecheck
Command: 'and'
Ostack: save[2] true false file('/usr/local/newsprint/np/bin/eehelper >/tmp/eexec.13357',W)
Estack:
  at: '.array_exec_cont' {/typecheck *'standarderroraction'}
  at: 'and' 'and'
  at: '.array_exec_cont' {... (\030a\256\332\341\030\251\371_\026\)\300\023\177\217\346V\201\035\331=\373\352e\351GP.x\272\022\(K\212X\357\n2\342rw\215\252*\276\307*\204\020-Y\036\021\331k\246\037W\207{\211Zu-\233\352\254=\375}2 \342\275\347\3006Ftd\340\3506t\217\035\347\253b\026\206o\023\f\347\317\316\310\316\005\013\207\f\021\210\036\343\351\327\t\031) array{1} stopped array{6} if *and exch restore userdict /patchOK 3 -1 roll put}
  at: '.psparse_token' file(?,W,R) ptr0x00021438
  at: '.packedarray_exec_cont' {... 'save' 'put' 'clear' currexecfile 'cvx' *'exec'}
  at: '.stopped_cont'
  at: '.packedarray_exec_cont' {serverdict /save-state 'save' 'put' 'clear' packedarray{17} *'stopped' packedarray{5} 'if' packedarray{3} 'stopped' packedarray{3} ...}
  at: '.end_exec'
Dstack:
  dictionary[7/8]
  dictionary[3/200]
  package(NeWSprint)
  dictionary[373/2000]
save[2] true false file('/usr/local/newsprint/np/bin/eehelper >/tmp/eexec.13357',W) 
]%%

The file in /tmp eventually outgrows available diskspace (my input file
is 50K, eexec.13357 got to 56 Mb...)
This worked fine before I got System 7.0.1.  Has anyone else run into
this problem?

-Paul Wessel (wessel@soest.hawaii.edu)
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From: wessel@soest.hawaii.edu (Paul Wessel)
Subject: newsprint trouble
Message-ID: <1992Aug26.232838.13015@news.Hawaii.Edu>
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:28:38 GMT
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