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-Subject: Re: mpage & PS docs -- 1-up => 2-up fsckups. StarOffice?
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-on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 01:32:49AM +0000, Colin Watson (cjw44@flatline.org.=
-uk) wrote:
-> kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
-> >Specific instance is an Excel spreadsheet, printed to file from
-> >StarOffice (that bloated stuck pig of an office suite), then attempting
-> >to convert the file with mpage to a two-pages-per-sheet with:
-> >
-> > mpage -dp -2 < soffice.ps > soffice-2up.ps
-> >
-> >Viewing (or printing) the results with gv flashes up the rendered
-> >content for a moment, then blanks the page. 'gs' has similar results.
-> >This appears to be a problem noted by others (Google, Deja turn up some
-> >references), but I can't seem to find a fix.
->=20
-> Hm. I can't help with mpage, I'm afraid. As a workaround, have you tried
-> psnup (from the psutils package)? Of course, you'll have to cause the
-> PostScript file to contain its original self twice, perhaps using
-> psmerge. Sorry if a workaround wasn't what you were after.
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-Thanks, psnup *does* do the trick. I've been using mpage for a few
-years, so it's going to tough to kick the habit, but that's a good one
-to know.
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-The problem, according to web searches, is broken PS output by
-StarOffice. One fix is to use a set of ps2ps commands to produce
-rectified, Level-1 postscript. From a set of commands found online,
-I've created the attached 'sopsvirginizer' script -- it un-fscks
-StarOffice postscript output.=20
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-Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
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