SunGKS + Postscript metafiles ... Help !

[nuke at vms.macc.wisc.edu]

Here's one for all you postscript knowledgable, SunGKS users (don't all
jump at once):

I've been in the process of developing an application that uses the SunGKS
software package.  After a reasonable amount of effort, I got the program
to draw a picture on the screen (under Suntools, of course) to my
satisfaction.  My next goal was to get the application to write a metafile
in Postscript format so that I could print that file using a postscript
translator with an Apple Laserwriter.  The application wrote the metafile
with no problem at all, however this metafile does not print correctly.
To be specific, it spits out two blank sheets of paper (I think this
corresponds to the proper number of pages).

My question: is there anybody out there who has used SunGKS to produce
postscript files and who has printed these out successfully using some
(hopefully public domain) postscript translator?  From what little I know
about postscript, there may be a problem with the "header" in the
postscript file..  Anyway, if anybody could give me any enlightening
information on this subject, I would sure appreciate it.  You can e-mail
it to me at:

tautges at nucst4.neep.wisc.edu  (128.104.41.42) or just post a reply to the
net.  Thanks in advance.



               | Tim Tautges                 tautges at nucst4.neep.wisc.edu
               | Dept. of Nuclear Engin.             (128.104.41.42)
               | Univ. of Wisconsin