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- From: price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price)
- Subject: PostScript figures not being scaled! ACK!
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- Organization: UCLA Particle Physics Research Group
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 09:20:43 GMT
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- I'm running OzTeX 1.42 on a Mac IIsi with system 7.0.1*, with the BoxedEPSF
- PostScript inclusion package. I save the files and print them on an HP
- DeskWriter using Freedom of Press Lite 3.0.1. This *used* to work, but
- lately, I'm seeing the effect that the PostScript figures aren't being
- scaled properly. I tested this with the \ShowDisplacementBoxes command in
- BoxedEPSF. Example:
-
- -----------------------------
- | |
- | ****************** | "-","|" edge of paper
- | * * | "*" position of figure
- | * ..... * | "." displacement box
- | * . . * | (where OzTeX
- | * ..... * | thinks the figure
- | * text text text * | is)
- | ****************** |
- | |
- | |
- etc.
-
- Note that the figure as printed covers up the text below the displacement
- box. This is incredibly annoying, and is one thing I didn't want to have
- to worry about while trying to finish my thesis (I should have known
- better...). Clearly, I'm doing something horribly wrong; I used this exact
- (as far as I can tell) configuration before, and it worked flawlessly.
- Now, however, not so good. I've looked at the raw PostScript code, and
- changed the scaling I (tried to) apply to the figure. Just before the code
- for the figure are four numbers and a call to @bepsf; I believe that this
- is the point where the scaling and translation is done. If I change the
- scaling, those numbers change. The resulting figure, however, does not.
-
- Any ideas on where to start looking for a solution will be greatly
- appreciated.
-
- John Price * * * * price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu
- Where there is no solution, there is no problem.
-