behandler.ps .... actually used it ? Useful ?

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2 total messages Started by H.Shrikumar Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:18

#5835

Author: H.Shrikumar
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:18

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Hi,

  Have you used behandler.ps ? Could you get it to work ?

  When prepended to an errant PostScript file, it is supposed
to print out error messages, so you have a fighting chance
to debug the postscript.

  It was interesting, and I thought it would prove very useful
on-one-of-those-days .. so I fished out a copy. Then (luckily)
I decided to give it a try. 

Nothing happened when I sent it with a PS file with a known typo
to a DEC LN03 ScriptWriter. Hmm ... bug in the debugger ! :-)

  So I got talking to Fred, to whom this utility is tracable, when
I learnt that each PostScript printer has different names for the
server dictionary etc.  So in general behandler.ps cannot be
general purpose.

  I wish I had with me in that case, a set of behandler files
for most popular printers, so I dont get caught tearing my hair out
with an unknown bug and a strage printer when I have to borrow a
printer when I am on the move.

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  So have you used behandler.ps ? 
  Has it worked for you ? Which laser printer did you use it with ?
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If you had to make any modifications in behandler.ps, could you
mail me a copy please ?

Or have you any error handler programs done in PostScript that
work with your printer ?

I'll summarise.

-- shrikumar ( shri@legato.cs.umass.edu )

Re: behandler.ps .... actually used it ? Useful ?

#5841

Author: Bill Neisius
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 06:59

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H.Shrikumar (shri@unreal.cs.umass.edu) wrote:
: Nothing happened when I sent it with a PS file with a known typo
: to a DEC LN03 ScriptWriter. Hmm ... bug in the debugger ! :-)
: 
:   So I got talking to Fred, to whom this utility is tracable, when
: I learnt that each PostScript printer has different names for the
: server dictionary etc.  So in general behandler.ps cannot be
: general purpose.

The LN03 ScriptWriter uses a "non-standard" password for the serverdict:
(LN03R) instead of 0 in "normal" printers.  Change the first 0 in
behandler.ps to (LN03R) and it might work....

Bill Neisius
bill@solaria.hac.com

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