[9fans] %DVIPSPage

[9fans] %DVIPSPage

[Russ Cox]

that's a weird bug in the plan9 dvips setup.

if you do

	dvips -Ppsfonts foo.dvi > foo.ps
or	dvips -Pbitmapfonts foo.dvi > foo.ps

then you get nice %%Page: boundaries,
but if you do 

	dvips foo.dvi >foo.ps
or (i think) dvips -Pps foo.dvi >foo.ps

you get this weird %DVIPS stuff.

if any tex wizards out there know how
to fix this, please let me know.

thanks.
russ

Re: [9fans] %DVIPSPage

[Boyd Roberts]

russ, you should not know that and you have my sympathies.

Re: [9fans] %DVIPSPage

[Russ Cox]

I did what I should have done long ago:
type DVIPSSectionPage into google.

It appears that when dvips infers that the printer
would otherwise run out of memory, it breaks the 
file into independent sections, and drops the %%Page
comments because the file is no longer DSC compliant.
The default postscript printer configuration apparently
is for 150k.

I've changed /sys/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
from saying "m 150000" to "m 10000000", which should
fix the problem, in all the printers.

Russ

Re: [9fans] %DVIPSPage

[kim kubik]

-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Cox <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 11:49 AM
Subject: [9fans] %DVIPSPage
>if you do
>      dvips -Ppsfonts foo.dvi > foo.ps
>or    dvips -Pbitmapfonts foo.dvi > foo.ps
>then you get nice %%Page: boundaries,
>but if you do 
>     dvips foo.dvi >foo.ps
>or   dvips -Pps foo.dvi >foo.ps
>you get this weird %DVIPS stuff.
>
-------------------------
can't help with the dvips stuff (hell, I
almost still need help tying my shoes!) but
Rokicki's web page (and email) is at:

    www.radicaleye.com

and he's usually interested in anything that
might be considered a bug in dvips, so altho I'm 
sure he's more than busy, he may have a suggestion.

 - kim