More on Postscript woes (Root 2.00/09 NT 4.0)

Jonathan M. Gilligan (jonathan.gilligan@vanderbilt.edu)
Thu, 02 Jul 1998 14:07:37 -0500


I just ran a diff between http://root.cern.ch/root/html/ps/psexam.ps and
the output from psexam.C under Root 2.00/09 NT 4.0: The first significant
difference is that many numbers in the .ps output are now negative where
they used to be positive.=20

------ original psexam.ps, beginning at line 143 -----
%%Page: number 1
black [] 0 sd 1 lw 0.95 0.95 0.95 c 2268 2509 0 0 bf 1 1 1 c 0 0 m 8 8 d
2493 Y
2252 X 8 8 d -2268 X -2509 Y f 0.665 0.665 0.665 c 0 0 m 8 8 d 2252 X 2493 Y=
8
8 d -2509 Y -2268 X f black [] 0 sd 1 lw 0.7 0.7 0.7 c 1360 126 454 2258 bf
black [] 0 sd 1 lw 471 2258 m -11 Y 1355 X 119 Y -12 X -108 Y f [] 0 sd 1 lw
454 2258 m 126 Y 1360 X -126 Y -1360 X cl s
/xs 0 def (Printed text with PostScript) /Helvetica-Bold 84 stwn gsave =
1134
2297
t 0 r xs 2 div neg 0 t 0 0 m /Helvetica-Bold findfont 84 sf 0 0 m=20
(Printed text with PostScript) show gr [] 0 sd 1 lw 0.9 0.9 0.9 c 1814
752 227
1255 bf black [] 0 sd 1 lw 250 1255 m -16 Y 1806 X 745 Y -15 X -729 Y f []
0 sd
1 lw 227 1255 m 752 Y 1814 X -752 Y -1814 X cl s
/xs 0 def (K=EDnstler in den gr=E5=FBten st=C9dten) /Helvetica-Bold 84 stwn =
gsave=20
1134 1889
t 0 r xs 2 div neg 0 t 0 0 m /Helvetica-Bold findfont 84 sf 0 0 m=20
(K=EDnstler in den gr=E5=FBten st=C9dten) show gr=20
/xs 0 def (=AB=B5 l\047=FAuvre on conna=DBt l\047artisan=BB) /Helvetica-Bold=
84 stwn=20
------ psexam.ps generated by root 2.00/09 NT 4.0 beginning at line 143-----
%%Page: number 1
black [] 0 sd 1 lw 0.95 0.95 0.95 c -2267 -2482 0 0 bf 1 1 1 c 0 0 m -9 -9 d
-2464 Y -2249 X -9 -9 d 2267 X 2482 Y f 0.665 0.665 0.665 c 0 0 m -9 -9 d
-2249
X -2464 Y -9 -9 d 2482 Y 2267 X f black [] 0 sd 1 lw 0.7 0.7 0.7 c -1360=
-124
-453 -2234 bf black [] 0 sd 1 lw -473 -2234 m 14 Y -1354 X -118 Y 14 X 104 Y=
f
[] 0 sd 1 lw -453 -2234 m -124 Y -1360 X 124 Y 1360 X cl s
/xs 0 def (Printed text with PostScript) /Helvetica-Bold 72 stwn gsave =
-1133
-2273
t 0 r xs 2 div neg 0 t 0 0 m /Helvetica-Bold findfont 72 sf 0 0 m=20
(Printed text with PostScript) show gr [] 0 sd 1 lw 0.9 0.9 0.9 c -1814=
-745
-226 -1241 bf black [] 0 sd 1 lw -253 -1241 m 19 Y -1805 X -736 Y 18 X 717 Y=
f
[] 0 sd 1 lw -226 -1241 m -745 Y -1814 X 745 Y 1814 X cl s
/xs 0 def (K=EDnstler in den gr=E5=FBten st=C9dten) /Helvetica-Bold 88 stwn =
gsave=20
-1133 -1865
t 0 r xs 2 div neg 0 t 0 0 m /Helvetica-Bold findfont 88 sf 0 0 m=20
(K=EDnstler in den gr=E5=FBten st=C9dten) show gr=20
/xs 0 def (=AB=B5 l\047=FAuvre on conna=DBt l\047artisan=BB) /Helvetica-Bold=
88 stwn=20
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As I expected, the original psexam.ps prints out fine on my printers. The
one generated by Root 2.00/09 produces a patch about 1 cm tall by 0.5 cm
wide at the lower left of the page, that appears to be the top right corner
of the ps output.

Can anyone suggest a workaround or fix for this problem?

Is anyone else experiencing it?

Thanks for any help, Jonathan

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Jonathan M. Gilligan <jonathan.gilligan@vanderbilt.edu>
Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director (615) 343-2957
Center for Molecular and Atomic Studies at Surfaces Fax: 343-1708
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Box 1807-B Sec'y 322-6438
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 Lab: 343-7578