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From: sfrank@orion.oac.uci.edu (Steven Frank)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Printing PostScript to a File: ^D problem?
Message-ID: <27A85199.8428@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Date: 31 Jan 91 17:19:21 GMT
References: <1991Jan21.181243.6378@amd.com> <1991Jan31.172019.4248@csc.anu.edu.au>
Organization: University of California, Irvine
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In article <1991Jan31.172019.4248@csc.anu.edu.au> pwo900@csc.anu.edu.au writes:
>In article <1991Jan21.181243.6378@amd.com>, indra@brahms.amd.com (Indra Singhal) writes:
>> I normally print my documents to a file, carry the floppy to work and
>> shoot the postscript out to a printer.
>> 
>> All documents that I generate postscript for from Windows, has a leading
>> Ctrl-D character. This 1st character blows away the printers I sent the
>> file to with the: binary file encountered error.
>> 
>> So far I have editted the file to delete the 1st character and then all
>> works well... anyone outthere who has a better solution?
>
>I have a similar problem.  I have even tried the PSCRIPT.DRV upgrade available
>through cica.cica.indiana.edu, but with the same results.
>
>Does anyone know of a patch to remove the troublesome ^D?> 
> 

/* Filter for Micrografx PostScript files.  The goal is to remove a ^D% as the 
     two characters and insert %! to indicate PS, and to remove the trailing 
     ^D at the end of the file */
    
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

main()


I save the PostScript to a file, run the file through the following
filter, and then save the output to the printer.  A C compiler and some
knowledge of how to use filters and send files directly to the printer
is needed to use this method.

	char c;
	int i;
	
	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
		getchar();	/* discards initial ^D%*/
	putchar('%');
	putchar('!');
		
	while ((c = getchar()) != EOF){
		if (c != 4)		/* ^D = 4 */
			putchar(c);
	}
}