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From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Adobe Illustrator EPSF use of comments
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Date: 27 Mar 91 20:09:31 GMT
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In article <91074.154803CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher  
Tate) writes:
> As I recall, the *only* comment required in an EPSF-2.0 conformant document
> is a %%BoundingBox: comment, unless you're requiring certain fonts or some
> such.

Ah, yes, but there is language in there that says something like "in general,
comments are not required, but if they are used, they must be used correctly."

Kind of circular advice, but it does point out that although something may
not be required, if it is present, it should conform to the spec.

> I suspect that EPSF docs don't need %%Page comments because by definition
> they only generate marks on one output page.

That's true.

I would opine that the %%PageTrailer comment shouldn't be there unless the
%%Page comment is, but I doubt it is made explicit in the spec.....

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