On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 22:13, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > ?? ? wrote: > Okay, don't help me. I think I hate the DTP software and no longer > willing to solve the problem. I found this PS file is referring several > GIF files that the school's paper didn't sent to me. I wish I could scan > the published paper instead. > > And: is it allowed for PS file to refer to outside files? I never ever > seen this kind of PS file before.
If I recall correctly, that's what OPI comments are for. It's something about making computers output the PS faster because they can rely on the RIP having local access to the files. We don't use it here, and never have, but I think that's what it is. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&oi=defmore&q=define:OPI While most of those refer to substituting higher-quality versions of an included image, it may be possible to omit the included image entirely as well - I'm not sure. Naming aside, it sounds like the folks you're dealing with have their software set up very wrong if it's failing to embed fonts and referencing images rather than including them. Telling them to disable OPI and force their print driver to embed all fonts may well help. I wanted to have a look at that file, but the server doesn't appear to be responding to HTTP requests - access attempts time out. I've tried from my local connection and my web server (a co-lo). -- Craig Ringer
