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Article #585Re: Problems in printing 3.1 IV ref docs with 3.0 doc
From: Shailesh M. Potnis
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 18:32
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 18:32
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From article <pabo9co@fido.asd.sgi.com>, by linton@marktwain.rad.sgi.com (Mark Linton):
> In article <3511@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu>, smp@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Shailesh M. Potnis) writes:
> |> I am having problems with the print quality of the .ps files produced
> |> from v 3.1 beta iv/src/man/refman/ch*.doc by using iv 3.0 doc. Is the print
> |> quality problem due to the version mismatch of the doc bin and the doc files
> |> or is there a bug/font problem at my site.
>
> Some older versions of doc need the resource "idraw_font_metrics" set off
> to use the correct PostScript fonts (a misfeature fixed in newer versions).
> There hasn't been a change in the doc file format.
I do not quite understand. I tried to set this resource as any of the
following in my .Xdefaults file:
idraw_font_metrics: 0
idraw_font_metrics: ""
Assuming a mis print and looking at the idraw man pages also tried:
idraw.font_metrics 0
idraw.font_metrics ""
Neither of these have helped to improve the print quality. Is there a
modification to the .ps file which can be useful? Earlier I had a fix
on the net from Paul Calder for the glyphs.ps file.
Change the definition of /sf in the file's prolog as follows ...
***************
*** 5,13 ****
save 20 dict begin
/sf {
! exch FontDirectory 1 index known not
! {pop /Courier} if
! findfont exch scalefont
setfont
} def
--- 5,12 ----
save 20 dict begin
/sf {
! exch {findfont} stopped {pop /Courier findfont} if
! exch scalefont
setfont
} def
This fix does not however work with the *.ps files generated from refman/*.doc
files using doc v3.01
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Shailesh Potnis, Associate |Concurrent Engineering Research
Member of Technical Staff |Center, West Virginia University
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