Problem printing Lout-generated PDF

[Vince Levey]

I've been playing around with Lout, with a mind to adding it to the list
of SGI Freeware (see http://freeware.sgi.com/ for details).  I've come
across the following problem.  The environment is, of course, SGI IRIX.

When I generate PDF output, I can view it with Adobe Acrobat Reader but
I cannot print it.  If I use the acroread "-toPostScript" option to
convert the file to PostScript, showps/xpsview gives me the following
when I attempt to display the resultant PostScript file:

        The current file contains a PostScript error:

        File: test.ps
        Error: nocurrentpoint
        Operator: currentpoint

        The previewer cannot continue with this file.

I should say at this point that I get no problems whatsoever if I
generate PostScript output directly from Lout.

"lout -V" gives the following:

        Basser Lout Version 3.16 (May 1999)
        Basser Lout written by:      Jeffrey H. Kingston (address@hidden)
        Free source available from:  ftp://ftp.cs.usyd.edu.au/jeff/lout
        This executable compiled:    06:28:42 Jul  5 1999
        System include directory:    /usr/freeware/lib/lout/include
        System database directory:   /usr/freeware/lib/lout/data
        Database index files created afresh automatically: yes
        Safe execution (disabling system()) is default: no
        strcoll() used for sorting by default: yes

Adobe Acrobat Reader Versions 3.0 and 4.0 give the same results.

Comments on this problem would be appreciated.  Please mail me directly,
since I don't follow the list at this stage.

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Vince Levey
address@hidden
http://reality.sgi.com/vincel/