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Postscript printing and printing images



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>>

logo.bmp

logo.eps

logo.gif

postscri.str