Re: Postscript printing and printing images

[Franck Masson <franck.masson@SQRIBE.COM>]

hi,

can you send me your postcript lis file to see what are in postcript
code.
Here is an example of sqr program with logo in postcript.

Franck,

Debra Benton wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> You will probably hear from me quite a bit today - I apologize for the
> inconvenience.  I am having problems printing images and getting the
> postscript *.lis file to print the right place on a file.
>
> Image printing.
> I know there have been multiple e-mails regarding image printing, but I am
> still having problems.  I need to print to a file and then send the *.lis
> file to a printer because this company will outsource the printing of their
> invoices to a third party printer.  I know that I can use a bitmap and send
> it directly to my laserjet printer here using -PRINTER:WP.  I also know that
> because I am using DOS to send my file to the printer, that I cannot use a
> bitmap file.  I've had the bitmap converted to a *.gif file and an *.eps
> file.  Using both the LASERJET and POSTSCRIPT printer configurations, I
> still receive either a grey box or a box with a line through it.  I know
> there are also HPGL-FILE and JPEG-FILE types to test.  Am I just using the
> wrong type of file?  If yes, can anyone recommend some SHAREWARE that can
> convert a *.bmp/*.gif/*.eps file to one of these formats.  I've tried
> downloading Adobe and several other shareware files, but their demo copies
> do not let you save.
>
> Postscript printing.
> When I change my printer definition from LASERJET to POSTSCRIPT (this made
> my French characters work thanks to a a POSTSCRI.STR file from Franck Masson
> - they still don't work on the LASERJET definition, although I think I need
> to use a symbol-set other than the default OU), I get a printed page that
> cuts off the top of my invoice and essentially moves the entire page up
> about half way.  I assumed that I might have some problems with my page
> size/orientation.  Here are the paramenters I have:
>   type = POSTSCRIPT
>   left-margin=.25
>   top-margin=.25
>   font=3                 ! Font number
>   font-style=fixed
>   lines-inch=7           ! Lines per inch
>   point-size=6
>   orientation=portrait   ! portrait or landscape
>
>   #define PAGE_MAX_COLS    135
>   #define PAGE_MAX_LINES   79
>   page-size = 79 135
>
>   I tried commenting out the top-margin and the page-size to use the
> defaults with no luck.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.  I am attaching the eps file, the gif file,
> the bitmap file and the postscri.str file.
>
> Thanks,
> Debbie
>  <<logo.bmp>>  <<logo.eps>>  <<logo.gif>>  <<postscri.str>>
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                   Name: logo.bmp
>    logo.bmp       Type: Image bitmap (image/bmp)
>               Encoding: base64
>
>                   Name: logo.eps
>    logo.eps       Type: Notepad File (application/postscript)
>               Encoding: base64
>
>                   Name: logo.gif
>    logo.gif       Type: GIF Image (image/gif)
>               Encoding: base64
>
>                       Name: postscri.str
>    postscri.str       Type: application/x-unknown-content-type-str_auto_file
>                   Encoding: quoted-printable

sqrlogo.sqr

sqribe.eps