Questions tagged [postscript]
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Postscript: put two landscape pages side-by-side on landscape page
I have two .ps files, 09.ps and 10.ps. They're both landscape PostScript files.
I want to,
fit each onto a vertical (portrait) page, scaling it down to fit the width and centering it vertically. Then,...
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How to Make a Custom Banner Page on CUPS on Linux?
On macOS, the creation of banner pages for cups is simple: you create a file prepended with
#CUPS-BANNER
and then write certain parameters for headers, footers, and information to be displayed. ...
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Font embedding with Libreoffice (eps files)
I would like to generate an eps file with embedded fonts, to make sure that the font I am using in Linux (Nimbus Sans) will look the same when the file is opened on a non-Linux (e.g. Windows) PC. I am ...
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ps2pdf vs. ps2pdfwr
To convert a PostScript file to PDF, I can use either
ps2pdf input.ps output.pdf
ps2pdfwr input.ps output.pdf
But what is the real practical difference between the two? I do know ps2pdf provide the -...
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Converting non-English manual pages to PDF/PostScript
I'm trying to convert manual pages containing either Japanese or Russian characters to the PDF/PostScript formats. I'm doing it with the following commands.
man -Tpdf /usr/share/man/ja/man1/vim.1.gz &...
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Cannot open X display `(null)'. **** Unable to open the initial device, quitting
input:
gs myPSFile.ps
output:
GPL Ghostscript 9.50 (2019-10-15)
Copyright (C) 2019 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO ...
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Evince is displaying correctly but is printing incorrectly
I was given a structural engineering PDF document with some yellow highlighted text which displays correctly in Evince like this:
But when I try to print that same page it shows the yellow, but not ...
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How do I output an individual eqn described equation to a .ps or .eps?
I would like to reuse the output from eqn to get PS or EPS files which contains just the equation and not a complete A4 with the equation.
If I try:
$ cat test.eqn
.EQ
For ~ y=1 ~ -> ~ L( y hat , y)...
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How can I include a pic figure as external file in groff?
While using groff and pic it is possible to do:
$ cat test.ms
.TL
Test
.NH 1
Test Header
.PS
circle
arrow
box
.PE
$ cat test.ms | groff -ms -p > test.ps
Which generates a valid test.ps file ...
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Is it possible to convert a pdf file to post script, then to text for see codes used in post script?
I have one pdf file where text have been formatted in tables, boxes, background colours. I tried to convert my text file to pdf with boxes, tables and background colours with enscript. I got success ...
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Method to layout graphics file and pdf file for printing
I'm working on a project to automate the creation of shipping labels, (Avery 8127) to be exact. I get a PNG of the USPS/UPS/FedEx shipping label, but the packing slip can vary between a PDF or a ...
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How to print several copies of a large postscript file on a printer with little memory?
I'm printing a postscript file containing a folder on my HP Laserjet 1320. I can print the folder one by one, but when I try to print a couple of them at one time, say 10, the printer doesn't have ...
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Why is my PostScript print quality so poor?
My wife and I downloaded PDF museum passes and printed them on the same PostScript laser printer. To my surprise, hers looked much better! On the left is the printout from her Mac, and on the right ...
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Can't use different font families in groff -ms
I'm using groff with ms macros and outputting it to PostScript. On Linux Void. I want to have a different font and also output Unicode characters. I have converted my font as written in this question. ...
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How to emulate the NeWS window system
Is there a reasonably easy way to run NeWS (Network-extensible Window System, a PostScript-based window system made by researchers at Sun in the 1980s) on current computers?