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Article #2206Possible bug in PS ver 47.0
From: Stephen J. Friedl
Date: Fri, 25 May 1990 08:30
Date: Fri, 25 May 1990 08:30
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Hi folks,
I have run across a sequence that seems to cause my
PostScript printer to become totally hosed, and I am curious to
know why. I have a Dataproducts LZR 1260 running PS version
47.0. When I send this little program, it feeds the paper part
way and then just sits there spinning its wheels indefinitely.
90 rotate
72 -72 translate
4.5 -710 scale
/Courier findfont 1.65 -1 matrix scale makefont setfont
1 1 moveto (j) show
showpage
This is a stripped-down version of a much larger program, and the
bug is in the "scale" line -- I originally had an extra "inch"
operator, and it led to an operand of scale being much too high.
Of course, this program is not at all useful, but it still
strikes me as a bug that the engine goes out to lunch like this.
Steve
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Stephen J. Friedl, KA8CMY / Software Consultant / Tustin, CA / 3B2-kind-of-guy
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!mtndew!friedl From: friedl@mtndew.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Possible bug in PS ver 47.0 Message-ID: <425@mtndew.UUCP> Date: 25 May 90 08:30:01 GMT Organization: Steve's Barnburner 386 Lines: 28