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Re: Problems with ghostscript 2.5.x

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From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:32
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Re <9210130424.AA19554@cookie-crisp> <2368@forty2.physik.unizh.ch>:

> 1. Problem with bj10e printer driver
>    I had no luck in producing any text output with this driver in 360 dpi
>    resolution. It works fine with 180 dpi (-r180) and on the golfer.ps
>    file, which does not include any text. However, even a simple *.ps file
>    which needs loading just two fonts produces garbage output:
>    One recognizes the line structure of the text, but each line is sort
>    of smeard out and just a gray-shaded sort of thing across the page.
>    No problem with ghostscript 2.4 however.

I did not see any logic changes in the bj10e driver between
Ghostscript 2.4.1 (the earliest release for which I have sources
on-line) and 2.5.2, so I'm puzzled.  I'd like to hear from anyone
else who has had trouble with the BJ-10e driver in 2.5.2.

> 2. Postscript language problem
>    A *.ps file created with WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS and the HP Laserjet III
>    postscript driver run just fine under ghostscript 2.4 but produces an
>    error message under 2.5.x. The WP-file used was the Printer.tst file which
>    comes with the WP distribution. The complaint is made when something should
>    be printed shadowed and PaintType is somehow causing the problem. I can
>    provide the *.ps file, but have not enough knowledge myself to determine
>    whether the postscript code itself is correct.

Please e-mail me the PostScript code.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; voice 415-322-0103 ; fax 322-1734
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