a question - please help

[Ken Jenkins]

In article <Dec.10.17.09.43.1988.9281 at trex.rutgers.edu>, israel at trex.rutgers.edu (Izzy Nelken) writes:
> 
> A graphics program we use (MATLAB) generates graphic outputs. These
> may be saved onto a file. The usual procedure we follow in order
> to print these files on a postscript printer is:
> 
> 1) generate the matlab file:   xxxx.met
> 2) use the command
> gpp -dps xxxx
> which converts xxxx.met into xxxx.ps
> 3) use the lpr command to print the xxxx.ps file
> 
> now i have a complicated graph whose postscript file is 
> of length 708296 and the printer refuses to print it
> (presumably because it's too long).
> 
> ====> IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT SUCH A POSTSCRIPT FILE?
> 
> israel at aramis.rutgers.edu

It would help to know the kind of error which is being generated.
PS files theoretically can be "infinite" in length since they
are ultimately "fodder" for an interpreter. I suspect what has
happened (since a long file is most likely to be a complex one
as well) is that you have exceeded the VM (virtual memory) limitation
of your printer.

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