Re: [Groff] Color and older PS printers

[Stewart Russell]

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(Ted Harding) wrote:
> One thing to consider is that
>
>   setcmykcolor
> ...
> are Level-2 PS colour-relevant commands, while

I have attached a small PS test file that generates a test page that:

* shows the postscript vendor/version

* shows the languagelevel

* draws a 100 x 150 mm box for printer scale measurement.

I really wrote it for the last function (laser printers are typically 
within ±1%*), as laser proofs of books have to be within known 
tolerances. Printers with bigger imaging drums tend to be more accurate.

 Stewart

*: then of course you get the doughnut who proofed a PDF on their laser 
printer with *shrink to fit* on, and then had that wacko size signed off 
for publication. The fuss I had to put up with to recreate those pages ...

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foreach(split('',"\3\3\3c>\0>c\177cc\0~c~``\0cc\177cc"))
{$_=unpack('B8',$_);tr,01,\40#,;print$_,"\n";}##IYDKINT!

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