From owner-freebsd-doc Fri May 24 07:35:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA11499 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 24 May 1996 07:35:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aesop.rutgers.edu (aesop.rutgers.edu [128.6.59.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA11483 for ; Fri, 24 May 1996 07:35:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chang01.rutgers.edu by AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU (PMDF V5.0-6 #8073) id <01I52X979NLC005L73@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>; Fri, 24 May 1996 10:34:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 10:28:20 -0400 From: Bill Crosbie Subject: Re: PS version question X-Sender: crosbie@aesop.rutgers.edu To: John Fieber , Bill Crosbie Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <01I52X97A6VM005L73@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 02:00 AM 5/24/96 -0500, John Fieber wrote: >On Thu, 23 May 1996, Bill Crosbie wrote: > >> I downloaded the ps version of the documentand attempted to make a PDF >> version of the document. When I tried to make it, I received a message that >> there was an error in the PS file. The error had to do with font >> definition. I have tried to get around the problem, but haven't been able >> to. > >What file did you get from where, and can you quote any error >message? > >-john > John, Sorry for not being specific enough. :) I downloaded the file: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/handbook.ps When I ran it through Acrobat Distiller 2.1, I received the message: ============================= Distilling: handbook.ps Source:t:\common\e-reserv\in-eps\handbook.ps Desitination:t:\common\e-reserv\out-pdf\handbook.pdf Start Time: Friday, May 24, 1996 at 6:08AM (time set wrong :) %%[Error: invalidfileaccess; Offending Command: definefont]%% Stack: /Font -dict- -dict- %%[Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored]%% %%[Warning: Postscript error. No PDF file produced.]%% Distill Time 0 seconds(00:00:00) **** End of Job **** ============================= (Did the author work on IBM mainframes using JCL, or what? ;-) I tried simply removing the ofeending command in a text editor, just to see what would happen. Processing continued for about 1.5 seconds and then aborted. I then received an error with define font. There were far too many define fonts to remove. I am presently looking at how Acrobat Distiller works in greater detail. I might be able to figure out a way for it to automagically substitute fonts. If not... I have begun to convert the Ascii version into a formatted document (I have to read it anyway... might as well do something useful) Then I can print the resulting doc to PDF format. Hope this is helpful. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "All is strange and vague..." Bill Crosbie "Are we dead?" Microcomputer Analyst "Or is this Ohio?" Chang Science Library Rutgers University Yakko Warner crosbie@aesop.rutgers.edu Dot Warner 908-932-0305 x114