Re: Don't understand PS <-> gnomeprint - More

On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 19:22, John Coppens wrote:
> On 08 Jun 2004 15:14:22 -0600
> "Andreas J. Guelzow" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 14:35, John Coppens wrote:
> > > Me again - no solution yet, more strangeness:
> > > 
> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong - I've seen a remark somewhere 'To get
> > > a Postscript manual to understand gnome-print use', so I'm following
> > > this advice.
> > 
> > Have a look at the source:
> > gnome_print_setrgbcolor does not do anything if the current colour is
> > already equal to the requested colour.
> > 
> > If the colour is different it changes the colour of the current context.
> > 
> > Andreas
> 
> Hi Andreas.
> 
> Ok - didn't know about the colors... 
> 
> I still have a strange item: Why is the first string generated much larger
> than the following strings? But, to make it stranger, this only happens
> when seen through gv. When I print it, from gv, all is well...
> 
> I never call scalefont, still, the first gets 12 point, then the next 2
> point:
> 
> --------------
> q
> q
> [1.73566e-16 2.83465 -2.83465 1.73566e-16 139.735 454.252]cm
> (GnomeUni-Fujiyama2Plain) cvn FF 12 F
> 0.745 0.561 0 rg
> 0 0 m
> (\40\36\41)
> [6.93457 0 3.46875 0 0 0] xyshow
> Q
> Q
> q
> q
> [1.73566e-16 2.83465 -2.83465 1.73566e-16 174.094 454.252]cm
> (GnomeUni-Fujiyama2Plain) cvn FF 2 F
> 0.745 0.561 0 rg
> 0 0 m
> (\40\36\42)
> [1.15576 0 0.578125 0 0 0] xyshow
> Q
> Q
> ---------------
> 
> Again, on actual print to paper, all sizes are good. I guess this to be a
> gv problem - though only the screen part?

Interesting postscript code. How did you generate it with gnomeprint?
They both should print in approximately the same size, so the difference
ought to be a gv problem. 

What happens when you send the postscript code directly to a postscript
printer?

Andreas
> 
> Thanks,
> John
-- 
Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow
Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences
Concordia University College of Alberta

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