[comp.lang.postscript] Problems with images on Linotype

cochran@iris.usc.edu (Steve Cochran) (09/11/90)

	I am attempting to get some higher resolution printout for a
paper which includes some imagery.  The PostScript is generated by
dvi2ps and prints fine on an Apple LaserWriter, but when the same
PostScript file is sent to a Linotype L300, the images are rotated 90
degrees clockwise about their upper left corner.  I can probably
correct for this, but I was wondering if this is a known problem, or
if I am doing something wrong, or what?  Has anyone experienced this
with an L300?

	Thanks,
	Steve




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dall@plains.NoDak.edu (Brian Dall) (09/12/90)

This may not be a problem, but something that was done by your
service bureau (I assume you were getting Linotype output from
a service bureau).

Typically, the paper that is run through a high-res imagesetter is
12 inches wide or wider.  To run an 8.5x11 across the paper instead
of down the paper saves paper and time.  Many programs offer a way
of doing this from inside the program (a paper type called something
like LetterTransverse, usually), but I believe that a section of code
has been distributed to some service bureaus that will make the
imagestter default to printing pages in this way.  This may be what
you are encountering.

Hope this helps.

-Brian
dall@plains.NoDak.edu