I noticed Bug 4307 (Magnified PostScript file, when viewing with
gs/gv) on the xprint.mozdev.org buglist. This bug occurs on my
system also (it did not before, but I do not know which upgrade
was responsible).
The .ps files produced by xprint are very strange. When viewed
(with gv) at magnification=1.000 the image is too large. You can
see only part of the page. But if you select other magnifications
(2.000, 0.500, 0.250) the size of the letters does not in fact
change. Measured with a ruler on the screen, they stay exactly the
same size. At the small magnifications you see fewer of them; they
are bounded by a white area (representing "the paper") which
shrinks if the "magnification" is reduced, but the few remaining
letters in it stay the same size.
This occurs with gv and also with evince (another ps viewer).
Unfortunately I do not know enough about Postscript to diagnose
this further. But this effect does not occur with ps files from
other sources (or indeed with prints from Mozilla using
PostScript/default). With those other ps files, reducing /
enlarging the magnification in gv does shrink / blow up the
letters properly.
The actual prints on paper are OK by the way. But it would be nice
if xprint could generate viewable ps files again.
Regards, Jan
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