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From: yfisher@gandalf.nosc.mil (Yuval Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Can't print large PS file derived from a dvi file..
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Date: 25 Jul 90 00:39:55 GMT
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In article <2518@nosc.NOSC.MIL> yfisher@gandalf.nosc.mil  (Yuval Fisher) 
blathers:
>I wonder if anyone can help me with a horribly annoying problem 
>I am having printing out a postscript file on an apple laserwriter.
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Later he responds, red faced:

It turns out that it was a problem with the actual PS file, not 
its size (which was a not insignificant 1.8 Meg). Since I am not
the only idiot in town, it may be worth while explaining the problem.

I used \psfig to include the postscript into my TeX document. 
The syntax I used was : 

\psfig{figure=psfilename, height=hsizeyouwanthere}

The correct syntax is:

\psfig{figure=psfilename,height=hsizeyouwanthere}

It is not too different, the distinction being that innocent
looking space. But it was enough to hang the printer. 

Thanks for the many buckets of useful suggestions anyway. 

Yuval Fisher