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From: neumann@FUNCTION.MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU ("Walter D. Neumann")
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Subject: Inserting Mac PostsScript figures
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Date: 12 Mar 91 16:25:08 GMT
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I have Macintosh produced PostScript figures for insertion into a
paper submitted to a Proceedings I am editing.  These figures request
a procset "AppleDict md" which various people helped me find (in
LaserPrep.ps).  I have also located a stripped down version called
lprep68.pro which works better for me.  After many unsuccessful
attempts I found that the following lets Rokicki's dvips produce a
PostScript file that will print on our LaserWriter:
 
  1. Edit in correct BoundingBox commands into the figs.
  2. Include lprep68.pro using the dvips \special{header=lprep68.pro}.
 
HOWEVER, this will NOT print on our HP PostScript printer, nor preview
correctly with Sun's pageview.  Nothing I have tried will do either of
these.
 
Since the Proceedings will eventually be printed on a PostScript
photo-typesetter, I need robust PostScript.  Ideal would be a header
to prepend to the individual figures to turn them into
device-independent EPSF files. (Prepending lprep68.pro works for some
of the figures on some devices.)  Does anyone know a solution?
 
-walter
 
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 Walter Neumann                     Email:       neumann@mps.ohio-state.edu
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