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From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: dvi2ps problems on Imagen
Message-ID: <12910@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 30 Nov 89 09:01:11 GMT
References: <1989Nov30.015634.23302@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Joe Weening) writes:
> Whenever I try to print files from dvi2ps (as distributed on the Unix
> TeX tape) on our Imagen printer running Ultrascript, I get an error --
> an invalidaccess from a "put" command.

Most versions of dvi2ps have this (and other) PostScript bugs.  The problem
is that the font is being `defined'---and then data is being `put' into the
font dictionary.  It's a no-no, but most Adobe interpreters will accept it.
UltraScript (and many others) will not.  Solution:  use dvips.  Other
solution:  look at the dvips prolog and your dvi2ps prolog, and make the
appropriate changes.

-tom