[comp.ai.neural-nets] Help: Printing A Postscript File

schiebel@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Darrell Schiebel) (10/12/89)

I have FTPed the files for the Rochester Connectionist Simulator,
and have been tring for some time to get a print out of the 
documentation (which is in Postscript), but I have had no luck.
The printer acts (for some time) like its going to print it out
then nothing.  I tried it on a Digital printer and a QMS printer.
Could any (kind) person give me some suggestions ?  I've included
the first 20 lines of one of the "troublesome" files.

Many Thanks,

Darrell Schiebel
(schiebel@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu)

--------X--------X----------
%!PS-Adobe-2.0
(dvi->PostScript Driver, Version 2.0 of November 28, 1988\n)print flush
%%Creator: birch.cs.rochester.edu:connect (Connectionist Stuff)
%%DocumentPaperSizes: Letter
%%Title: Dvi to PostScript converter, Version 2.0 of November 28, 1988
%%CreationDate: Sat Feb 21 14:44:58 1970

%%BoundingBox: 72 72 540 756
%%Pages: (atend)
% Copyright 1988 Stephan v. Bechtolsheim (unless otherwise stated)
% applies to various prologue files. Read the sources for details.
%%EndComments
% dvi2ps: BEGIN including file "/usr/staff/lib/dvi2ps/pro/texpre.pro"
/@bop0
{
PsPrintEnabled { (Pass0: Page ) print == flush } {pop} ifelse
}	def
/@eop0 {
pop
}	def

bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys) (10/13/89)

In article <497@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> schiebel@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Darrell Schiebel) writes:
>	I have FTPed the files for the Rochester Connectionist Simulator,
>	and have been tring for some time to get a print out of the 
>	documentation (which is in Postscript), but I have had no luck.
>	The printer acts (for some time) like its going to print it out
>	then nothing.  I tried it on a Digital printer and a QMS printer.
>	Could any (kind) person give me some suggestions ?  I've included
>	the first 20 lines of one of the "troublesome" files.

Actually, <simulator-bugs@cs.rochester.edu> would be a better place
to post your questions...  There is also a <simulator-users@cs.rochester.edu>
mailing list.  Mail me or <simulator-users-request@cs.rochester.edu> if
you wish to join.

I have found that problems printing the RCS manual are often due to
broken "psrev" (postscript reverse page order) programs.  Try editing
the file so that the first line is just `%!' instead of `%!PS-Adobe-2.0'.
This will prevent psrev from trying to mess around with the file.
One way to test for this problem is to compare the original file and
the output of a "psrev | psrev" command.  It should be the same.

It is possible that your printer is running out of virtual memory.
There is usually a log file somewhere (on my machine in /usr/adm)
which will have a transcript of error messages from the printer.
Finding the error message (if any) may produce valuable clues.

Liudvikas Bukys
<simulator-bugs@cs.rochester.edu>