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Re: ScreenTest 1.0

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From: Andy Sun Anu-guest
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 08:44
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In article <35408@cup.portal.com> schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster) writes:
>>Oh, BTW, I found that the extract program, scrntst.ps, does not work properly.
>>After the first two pages (one prints shaded squares and one prints a shaded
>>pie), it bombs out after the line of squares on the third page saying that 
>>there is a typecheck error in setgray. I glanced at the code but can't seem 
>>to find anything wrong (this doesn't mean anything since I am no PostScript
>>expert). Anyone has this problem too or it was just me? Also I think 
>>scrndoc.ps bombs at some point too.
>
>I've printed the original I received from Margo on my LJ IIP with HP/Adobe
>PostScript cartridge without errors. It's possible the file got munged, I'd
>be happy to repost if everyone has problems. All I can say is that my original
>works 100% using an Adobe interpreter.
>
>PS: My choice of .ZOO was to target the widest possible audience on variou
>machines. Would ARC or ZIP have been better?

I would like to apologize to Micheal about my previous posting. It DOES come
out fine on my Appler LaserWriter. All I can say is that I have a pretty
sloppy PostScript viewer :-)

Andy
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From: sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun Anu-guest)
Subject: Re: ScreenTest 1.0
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