israel@trex.rutgers.edu (Izzy Nelken) (12/11/88)
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? please send answers to me since i don't usually read this newsgroup. Thank you very much, Izzy Nelken Dept. of Computer Science Hill Center, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (201) 932-4714 israel@aramis.rutgers.edu
edwards@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ken Jenkins) (12/11/88)
In article <Dec.10.17.09.43.1988.9281@trex.rutgers.edu>, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------