Xref: utzoo comp.lang.postscript:1255 comp.unix.questions:10621 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!purdue!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bgsuvax!edwards From: edwards@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ken Jenkins) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: a question - please help Keywords: printing postscript files Message-ID: <3252@bgsuvax.UUCP> Date: 10 Dec 88 22:59:16 GMT References: Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 37 In article , israel@trex.rutgers.edu (Izzy Nelken) writes: > > A graphics program we use (MATLAB) generates graphic outputs. These > may be saved onto a file. The usual procedure we follow in order > to print these files on a postscript printer is: > > 1) generate the matlab file: xxxx.met > 2) use the command > gpp -dps xxxx > which converts xxxx.met into xxxx.ps > 3) use the lpr command to print the xxxx.ps file > > now i have a complicated graph whose postscript file is > of length 708296 and the printer refuses to print it > (presumably because it's too long). > > ====> IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT SUCH A POSTSCRIPT FILE? > > israel@aramis.rutgers.edu It would help to know the kind of error which is being generated. PS files theoretically can be "infinite" in length since they are ultimately "fodder" for an interpreter. I suspect what has happened (since a long file is most likely to be a complex one as well) is that you have exceeded the VM (virtual memory) limitation of your printer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: My name is Ken Jenkins and I am here as a guest of Bruce Edwards to whom this account belongs. Although he may be interested or even amused by my ramblings, he should not be held accountable for them in any way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Jenkins (as a guest of Bruce Edwards) CSNET: edwards@bgsu.edu ARPANET: edwards@andy.bgsu.edu UUCP: ..!osu-cis!bgsuvax!edwards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------