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Re: Dumb PostScript Defaults [message #73844]

Wed, 01 December 2010 10:06

Kenneth P. Bowman
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Registered: May 2000

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In article <MPG.2760232c3c9e047e98989f@news.giganews.com>,
David Fanning <news@dfanning.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'm tired of getting e-mails that tell me my "stupid
> program doesn't work in PostScript". My programs don't
> work in PostScript because of stupid PostScript defaults!
>
> Anyway, I just updated all my "device independent"
> programs to set the damn PostScript device properly
> so things just work. I don't normally recommend (or
> write!) programs that do things behind your back,
> but in this case it seems justified.
>
> Here is what I am doing:
>
> IF !D.Name EQ 'PS' THEN Device, COLOR=1, BITS_PER_PIXEL=8
>
> Can anyone think of a reason why this would NOT be a good idea?

This is in my PS_ON procedure

DEVICE, COLOR = 1, BITS_PER_PIXEL = 8 ;Turn on 24-bit color for images

Ken Bowman

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		Re: Dumb PostScript Defaults By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Wed, 01 December 2010 10:06
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		Re: Dumb PostScript Defaults By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 01 December 2010 08:36

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