[Xprint] Xprint and pstools

[mun_cho at web.de]

Thomas Dodd wrote:

> I did notice the header in the files all show "%!PS-Adobe-3.0" which i 
> think means postscript version 3. Perhaps the pstools don't support some 
> PS level 3 functions that xprint uses? That would make sense, since 
> ps2ps (in the manpage)

> "uses  gs(1) to convert PostScript(tm) file "input.ps" to simpler and 
> (usually) faster PostScript in "output.ps".  Normally the output is 
> allowed to use PostScript  Level  2  constructs,"

> so after ps2ps you have PS level 2 instead of level 3. That is likely 
> the problem. Either continue to use ps2ps to change the level, or try 
> mpage? There may be a config option to limit xprint to PS level 2, but I 
> don't know what it is.

... sounds plausibel but I'm observing the problem furthermore only
with xprint-PS-files. I have filtered a bunch of "%!PS-Adobe-3.0-Adobe" -files
created by other applications through pstools and i'm having no trouble
with the results ;-) 

Thanks for your disscussion readiness Thomas,
 & regards
MC
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