Re: [Matplotlib-users] EPS printing problems

Jochen Voss wrote:

>Last I checked the PostScript backend used only PostScript level 2.
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What I really meant was that the PostScript file produced by MPL starts 
with '%!PS-Adobe-3.0', which I thought meant Postscript level 3.  
Changing the 3.0 to 2.0 by hand still doesn't allow it to print.  dvips 
output files print fine on this printer, and they start with 
'%!PS-Adobe-2.0'.

>You could try to produce a standalone .ps file instead of an
>.eps file.  Maybe this works better?
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm afraid this didn't help.  The 
workaround I found was to do a dvipdf on the LaTeX file which included 
the MPL doc, read it with Acrobat Reader, and tell acroread to print it 
at Postscript level 1.  Normally acroread can print at level 2 to this 
printer, but asking acroread to print at level 3 gets an error page from 
the printer telling you to use level 2.

Best,
Steve