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From: henry@angel.Eng.Sun.COM (Henry McGilton--Desktops Spoke Here)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Q image too big for PS to handle ?
Summary: String Length Limit Exceeded
Message-ID: <138604@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 9 Jul 90 20:37:55 GMT
References: <30201@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
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In article <30201@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, csdchang@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Chengping Chang) writes:

    *  I encountered this problem the other day.  When printing a 
    *  1040x630 binary image (see code #1 below), the output is 
    *  merely duplicate strips of the top few rows.

    *  The matrix is set up according to the PostScript "redbook" and 
    *  works fine for smaller images.  Why is this happening ?  I am puzzled. 
    *  Is there a limitation on the size of image PostScript can handle ?  

    *  %% Code piece #1, a 1040 by 630 by 1 image
    *  72 72 scale
    *  1040 630 1 [1040 0 0 -630 0 630] {<
    *  C3FFFFFFFFFFFFBFFFEFFFFFFF9E7FFFBFF
    *  ... ...
    *  C30410C30C30C30C30C3 >} image showpage


The trick of using a  {< . . . >}  construct to place a
string inside an executable object on the stack fails
because the maximum length of a string is 65,535
characters, as defined on page 260 of the Red Book.

	........  Henry