[Xprint] Xprint and pstools

[mun_cho at web.de]

xprint at mozdev.org schrieb am 31.08.04 16:01:00:

mun_cho at web.de wrote:
>> 1) Print from Mozilla to a file: e.g. xprint.ps
> not sure that actually uses xprint, but still a problem.

it uses definitely xprint ...

>> 2) Post-process xpront.ps with pstools (psnup, pstops, psbook etc): pstools.ps
>>  
>> The new PS-File exhibits an extraordinary magnification and is thus not usefull :-(

> Not sure about those tools, but what do you mean "extraordinary 
> magnification" ?

e.g. (xprint.ps is one A4-page)

#  psnup xprint.ps pstools.ps

produces a Postscript-Page containing only a magnified (>x50) piece of the original, the  reminder is 
somewhere outside the page

> I've had mpage not work for 4 up printing, but never looked into it 
> much. Xprint does exercise the PS language mor than a lot of other 
> tools. Maybe there is something pstools doesn't fully support?

May be, pstools are  quite old (1995), but 2 points more:

i) I'm using pstools over the last decade with  various Postscript-s without probs
ii) Note: after "destilling" xprint.ps with ps2ps it works the usual way!

Therfore i'm speaking about incompatibility ...


Thanks,
MC


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