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FIXPS

Section: FSF (1)
Updated: February 2000
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NAME

fixps – sanitize PostScript files

SYNOPSIS

fixps

[OPTIONS] FILE

DESCRIPTION

Try to fix common PostScript problems that break postprocessing.

OPTIONS

–h, ––help: display this help and exit
–v, ––version: display version information and exit
–q, ––quiet: don’t print informational messages
–o, ––output=FILE: save result in FILE. If FILE is `–’, send to stdout
–f, ––force: force full rewrite by ghostscript
–n, ––no–fix: don’t fix the FILE, but still honor `–o’
–c, ––check, ––dry–run: don’t perform any action

Fixes:

: – Remove junk before and after PostScript content
– Use only Unix end of lines (\n)
– Remove empty lines
– Fix Apple prologue (fixmacps)
– Fix FrameMaker prologue (fixfmps)
– Fix CorelDraw prologue (fixnt)
– Fix Windows NT 3.5/4.0 prologue (fixnt)
– Fix Windows 95 prologue
– Ensure there is a `%%BeginSetup/%%EndSetup’ section
– Removes Canvas’ extraneaous `%%EndDocument:’ comments
– Split too long lines

If the FILE seems really in a bad state, ghostscript may be used to perform
a full rewrite. The output might then be significantly bigger, but much
safer.