Hi there,

Re your query about PGS printing blank pages at the end of a print, I've
had this problem since PGS 3.3 with a PS printer. I use an HPLJ 5MP &
with the Mac Laserwriter 8.0 & 8.6 drivers it always does that, although
originally it only happened with 8.6. Using the HP driver it doesn't, but
then I get a number of fonts -usually bold & italic- which will not come
out & it reverts to Courier. I've been putting these queries for about 2
years on the list but it still has not been resolved. Apparently PGS
writes a line in the PS file which causes this problem.
BTW I see you're using 4.x & this is still happening. I've held back on
getting this as 3.4 beta 9 is fairly stable but I have been trying to
find out if the other printing glitches i.e. as above & non-ASCII
characters not printing, have been resolved. Perhaps you can tell me?

Best regards,

Ian Hutch

On 29-May-00, Ian Hutchinson wrote:
>Hi there,

>Re your query about PGS printing blank pages at the end of a print, I've
>had this problem since PGS 3.3 with a PS printer. I use an HPLJ 5MP &
>with the Mac Laserwriter 8.0 & 8.6 drivers it always does that, although
>originally it only happened with 8.6.

I think you have to expect little funnies when you use a driver for
an Apple-special printer to drive a mill-run model.

>Using the HP driver it doesn't, but then I get a number of fonts
>-usually bold & italic- which will not come out & it reverts to
>Courier.

This may be a problem in PageStream's generation of PS code. I set
up some sample text (LoremIpsum) in several "standard" fonts and
output the PostScript file with the 5P-5MP PPD. There were some
strange font callouts in the file, which may confuse the printer
(I don't have a 5P, so can't say for sure). Example:

/PGSHelvetica/Helvetica RE
/PGSHelvetica-BoldOblique/Helvetica-BoldOblique RE
/PGSHelvetica 12 12 0 0 false F
k` 0 0 0 1 CMYK
190 622.413 M (magna) F1
/PGSHelvetica-BoldOblique 12 12 0 0 false F
k` 0 0 0 1 CMYK
226.683 622.413 M ( ) F1
/PGSHelvetica 12 12 0 0 false F
k` 0 0 0 1 CMYK
230.015 622.413 M (aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi ) F1

Of course, you could go into the Laserwriter PPD (it's just ASCII
text) and see if you can find the instruction that ejects an
extra page and delete it -- making your own private version of
the PPD. If you compare the PPD's for the 5P and the Laserwriter,
the offending instruction may be revealed.

--Geoff

--
ggass@teleport.com Geoffrey A. Gass Foulecourt Press
Also at this address: T. Bain Stokes Fignewton Frogberry

>Of course, you could go into the Laserwriter PPD (it's just ASCII
>text) and see if you can find the instruction that ejects an extra
>page and delete it -- making your own private version of the PPD. If
>you compare the PPD's for the 5P and the Laserwriter, the offending
>instruction may be revealed.

And if you DO find the offending line, POST IT HERE! <g>
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@iname.com

on 5/30/00 8:40 AM, Jim Saklad at jimdoc@iname.com wrote:

> And if you DO find the offending line, POST IT HERE! <g>

EndPage
showpage
EndTile
%%PageTrailer
EndDocument
%EndDocument: untitled
%%Trailer
end
%%EOF

The problem is that last character after the %%EOF command at the end. It
shouldn't be there. Oytput a page make the F of EOF the last character and
the page should output fine.

Regards