.eps file displays with gv but will not print

[Bob Odom]

Yes, I did track it to gnuplot. I guess it's a "feature" not a bug. The
-dps devices don't have that problem, only the -deps devices. I had 
never run into a .eps file that wouldn't just print. Even eps2eps
produces a printable file with a %%Page line in. So I guess it's a
"quirk" if not a bug. Thanks to all for the thoughtful posts!

Bob


On Wed, 14 May 2008, John W. Eaton wrote:

> On 13-May-2008, Bob Odom wrote:
>
> | I think I found the problem, and it must be in either octave or gnuplot.
> |
> | There is a line in the CUPS error log for a non-printing file:
> |
> | E [13/May/2008:15:03:13 -0700] [Job 818] No %%Pages: comment in header!
> |
> | I looked at a file with no problems, and saw that directly below
> | %%EndProlog  is the line
> | %%Page: 1 1
> |
> | I manually edited the non-printing file and added the line "%%Page: 1 1"
> | directly below the "%%EndProlog" statement. That file now prints.
> |
> | So the problem is in the generation of the PostScript. This seems to be
> | a genuine bug, but is it an octave problem or a gnuplot problem?
>
> It must be in gnuplot because gnuplot generates the PostScript, not
> Octave.
>
> jwe
>