At times I have encountered a very wierd problem with postscript output.
The problem always results in an unwanted solid triangle in printed
postscript output. The lower left corner of the triangle coincides with the
bottom of an intended note stem. But the note stem itself is not visible.
The triangle extends horizontally to the right some distance, then straight
upward from that point by a distance exactly equal to the height of the
missing notestem. The third side of the triangle returns diagonally to the
bottom of the missing stem. The triangle is filled in solid black.
I think I've always been using dvips or dvips32 when this has occurred. I
would copy the postscript file directly to a printer.
I've always been able to make the unwanted triangle disappear by creating a
pdf file from the postscript, then printing out the pdf from within Acrobat.
It's not fatal but it sure is a nuisance, as it forces me have Acrobat
Distiller available and to go through several extra steps to produce printed
output.
Has anyone else ever run into this?
--Don Simons
