[OS X TeX] Page origin problem with TeXLive and dvips

[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 1, 2007, at 3:42 AM, Roberto Avanzi wrote:

> On 1 Feb 2007, at 09:56, Bruno Voisin wrote:
>
>> Another possibility is invoking simpdftex with option
>>
>> 	--distiller="pstopdf -dAutoRotatePages=/None"
>>
>
> I am not sure this is meaningful.  I guess that in order
> to decide which distiller it uses, TeXShop sets this.
> In other words, simpdftex might get called with
> different "--distiller=" options.
>
> It is ghostscript that is broken here.  They set as default
> an option that alters the files according to its own will
> and it is difficult to override in a non-cli environment.
> And I stand but what I state: this is a *broken* behaviour.
>
> Thanks anyway for your help.
>
>  Roberto

Howdy,

I think Bruno has it right here, except you should add

--distiller="ps2pdf13 -dAutoRotatePages=/None"

to the end of the two simpdftex commands in TeXShop->Preferences- 
 >Engine->TeX+dvips+distiller commands. That should, by default, tell  
simpdftex to use the standard distiller (ps2pdf13) with the  
parameter. I'd try that.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)



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