Any known problems with versions of PostScript?

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From: Gunther Shadow
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 16:58

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Hi there,

has anybody ever experienced difficulties with PostScript files that
were not printed properly because of a compatibility problem between
version 1 and 2? I mean, in my institution there is a HP Laser Jet III
Si, which is said to support PS v2 and I frequently have trouble
printing PS files that came with various packages from the net. The
header of some of those files say, that it is PS v1. Shouldn't it be
possible to print v1 on a printer that supports v2? Or is it a bug in
the PS processor of the printer? The files are all processed without
hesitation by ghostscript, but the printer frequently stops after a
few pages hanging around and reporting an error afer approx. 10
minutes.

Any comments please?
-Gunther Schadow

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Gunther Schadow_________________________Hopfenweg 19, Berlin 12357, FR. Germany
Dept. of Anaesthesia and Operative Intensive Care Medicine/
Dept. of Medical Informatics at the              |gusw@boskop.uks.fu-berlin.de
Universitaetsklinikum Steglitz, Berlin, FRG.     |gusw@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de

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Subject: Any known problems with versions of PostScript?
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Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 16:58:06 GMT
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