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[S] Re: printing PDF graphics, linux, Acrobat, FAQ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Chen)
Tue Aug 24 10:40:52 1999
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:30:02 -0400
From: Ben Chen <ben@guzman.com>
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To: Simon Jackman <jackman@stanford.edu>
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Hi, Simon,
I got a few responses from my posts. However, my problem has not been
resolved.
I am not sure where is wrong (S+ or Acrobat). Thank you for reposting
this problem.
Ben Chen
Simon Jackman wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> A few weeks ago Ben Chen <ben@guzman.com> posted re a problem printing PDF
> files created using pdf.graph (attached below). Has there been any
> follow-up on this?
>
> The end goal for me is get Splus output into PDF files (via pdftex). I
> know some frequent contributors to this list are doing just that. How are
> you getting graphics into these files (PS->PDF, PS->PNG?), given what
> seems to be a problem with pdf.graph()?
>
> I can report the same problem as Ben Chen using Splus5.1 for linux:
> S-PLUS : Copyright (c) 1988, 1999 MathSoft, Inc.
> S : Copyright Lucent Technologies, Inc.
> Version 5.1 Release 1 for Linux 2.0.31 : 1999
> Working data will be in .Data
> > pdf.graph(file="blah.pdf")
> > usa()
> > dev.off()
> null device
> 1
> > q()
>
> I can view the file ok, but it fails to print. Printing-to-file from
> withing Acrobat produces a PostScript file that can't be parsed by
> ghostscript. Note however that ghostscript/gv *can* deal with the PDF
> file. So it looks like Acrobat produces bad PostScript when handed
> Splus pdf output.
>
> Note also:
> (1) I can view on screen ok from inside Acrobat.
> (2) Windows Acrobat prints just fine, both the standalone graphics file,
> and the pdf produced by pdftex.
> (3) I run Acrobat 4.0 x86 linux stout0518
>
> Cheers -- Simon Jackman
> Simon Jackman, Asst Professor, ph: +1 (650) 723-4760
> Dept of Political Science, fax: +1 (650) 723-1808
> 455 Serra Mall, Bldg 160, jackman@stanford.edu
> Stanford University, http://tamarama.stanford.edu/simon
> Stanford CA, 94305-2044, USA.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> here is the error message I get from pssing the print-to-file postscript
> back to ghostscript.
>
> Error: /nocurrentpoint in --currentpoint--
> Operand stack:
> --dict:17/18--
> Execution stack:
> %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
> --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
> --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop
> .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2
> %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
> --nostringval-- 5 7 %oparray_pop
> Dictionary stack:
> --dict:770/809-- --dict:0/20-- --dict:46/200-- --dict:82/86--
> --dict:115/150-- --dict:74/75-- --dict:10/38--
> Current allocation mode is local
> Current file position is 43070
> GNU Ghostscript: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ben Chen's message:
>
> Dear S+ Users,
>
> I created a pdf file in S+ environment, and then opened the file with
> Adobe Acrobat
> Reader without problem. However, I couldn't print the file to my
> printer. The error
> message I got is as follows:
>
> "%%[ Error: nocurrentpoint; OffendingCommand: currentpoint ]%%
>
> Stack:
> -dict-
> -save-
>
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%"
>
> I also tried to print the file to Adobe Acrobat Distiller and failed.
> The error
> message is same as above.
>
> Here is my S+ code of creating a pdf file:
>
> pdf.graph("myfile.pdf", color=T)
> ....
> #some plots with color.
> ...
> dev.off()
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