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Re: Complex lout diagram doesn't print properly
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Ian Lynagh |
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Re: Complex lout diagram doesn't print properly |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 23:25:50 +0000 |
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 09:15:02AM +1100, Jeff Kingston wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:02:30 +0000, Ian Lynagh wrote:
> >
> > and gv then displays it how it should be. However, when I then print is
> > with lpr, all the printers I have access to stop half way through
> > printing it. I have lout 3.25 under Debian Linux.
>
> If it works with gv, then the problem is probably a memory
> problem in the printer - I get these myself with syntax
> diagrams uncomfortably often.
Ah, I hoped the fact it happened on multiple printers meant that wasn't
the cause. Oh well :-(
> I've found that converting the PostScript to PDF and then
> printing that often fixes the problem, since the memory
> hungry stuff is dealt with in the PDF conversion, leaving
> just the drawing commands to send to the printer.
OK, I'll give this a whirl tomorrow, thanks.
While I am here, I have written a quick hack to remove unused functions
from lout-generated EPS files but I was wondering if there is anything
that does it properly around?
Thanks again
Ian