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From: haberman@s1.msi.umn.edu (Joe Habermann)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: pageview problems..
Message-ID: <1991May15.020033.1086@s1.msi.umn.edu>
Date: 15 May 91 02:00:33 GMT
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kalt@nmsu.edu (Kerry Alt) writes:

>Has anyone out there encountered problems with pageview ignoring the
>page breaks in postscipt files generated by dvi2ps? The .ps file
>prints out fine, but when previewed with pageview, all pages are
>displayed on one page. Any fixes to be had?

>Thanks,

>Kerry

Someone asked a similar question before in alt.sys.sun.  Philip Robar 
of Sun replied and I saved the note.  His response follows.

Joe Habermann
haberman@msi.umn.edu

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From: philr@knecht.Eng.Sun.COM (Phil Robar)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Why doesn't 'pageview' understand pages?
Date: 20 Mar 91 23:24:23 GMT

jscott@mandata@uunet.uu.net (Jeff Scott) writes:

>Pageview under Open windows 4.1.1 is nice.  However, it doesn't seem
>to understand pages the same way my Postscript printer does.  Some files
>I try to display just image as all pages overlaid on top of each other--
>These same files print just fine on my Postscript printer.
>Other files image as distinct pages that I can view one at a time.

>Can anyone tell me what's going on here?  Is there some way I can preprocess
>my Postscript files to make them image as individual pages for pageview?

The problem is not with pageview, it is with applications that generate
PostScript documents that do not follow the Adobe Document Structuring
Conventions (PostScript Language Reference Manual, 2ed, appendix G).
Frame and Interleaf are among the offenders.  Pageview has filters it
uses when it detects Frame (and I think Interleaf) docs.

The real answer to to complain to who ever wrote the offending application.

--
Philip Robar
Sun Microsystems
Phone:	(415) 336-1423
philr@eng.sun.com	sun!knecht.eng!philr