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From: ib@ivan.esd.sgi.com (Ivan Bach)
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Subject: Re: Help - unix to vax to unix to postscript output
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Date: 28 Mar 91 12:40:40 GMT
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Your PS code should always start with %!.  If your code starts with:

    %!PS-Adobe-1.0

try changing the first line of your PS programs to just:

    %!

There was a bug in the Adobe TranScript program which prevented the PS
programs that started with anything but the characters "%!" (followed 
by a line ending) from printing on some printers. 

You should be able to print v1.0 PS files without converting them. 

Can you print any PS file on your printer?  Can you display any PS file
on the screen of your video terminal by using the program 'psview'?
Try displaying your PS file by entering the command:

    psview PS-file-name

If nothing gets displayed, check the console window and the file 
/usr/adm/SYSLOG for PostScript error messages.

You said that you could not print your PS file on a PI.  Can you print
it on any other machine?  How do you know that your program is generating
valid PS programs?

Ivan Bach, ib@sgi.com
Any opinions expressed above are mine, not SGI's.