Viewing Problems |
Problems with downloading.
The
files available here are not available via FTP, and are usually not
compressed. Send me
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if you really need an email or hardcopy version. Get the free Acrobat reader for pdf files here.
Problems with Postscript.
HP printer drivers
insert a few lines
of illegal rubbish before the "%!PS" header. This
does not affect viewing and printing under Windows, but it may cause non-HP
printers, or even HP printers used through Unix or
Linux, to print the
files as ASCII. It may also cause postscript viewers
under Unix or Linux to fail. In that case, delete the rubbish lines with an editor,
since I usually forget to do it for you.
Problems with printing.
Try viewing the ps files
with ghostscript, and the pdf files with Acrobat; if that works, the files are fine. Read the
note about postscript above. Use recent Apple or HP printers;
postscript Level2 printers may be required. Cheap printers (or even not so
cheap printers) may
not have sufficient memory. Printers processing A4-formatted
postscript may stall waiting for the insertion of an A4 paper
tray if a USLetter paper tray is present (and vice versa). You can print to
non-postscript printers (e.g. HP DeskJet) by opening the postscript file in
ghostview and choosing the appropriate output device (not postscript).
Problems with fonts.
If, for some reason, some special fonts are
missing, you may find them here.