> I have identified and "fixed" the line splinters when printing to > HP4000 LaserJet postscript printers and 45 degree angles. The > problem was solved by appending round pins to the end points. I > suspect that there are Postscript options to print line segments > with rounded ends which could explain the success when using newer > printers.
Postscript has *always* had the round cap option. My old ref manual, published in 1985, has it. If you have a postscript interpreter that does not support round end caps, you have a severely broken interpreter. Here's a minimal postscript program to use to test if line caps are printed properly. If this works, the problem is not in your interpreter, but in pcb. If this fails, get a new interpreter. %!PS-Adobe 1 setlinecap 1 setlinejoin 72 setlinewidth 200 200 moveto 500 500 lineto stroke showpage
