--- loncom/interface/printout.pl	2009/06/02 12:20:14	1.142
+++ loncom/interface/printout.pl	2009/09/27 03:13:06	1.142.6.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 # CGI-script to run LaTeX, dvips, ps2ps, ps2pdf etc.
 #
-# $Id: printout.pl,v 1.142 2009/06/02 12:20:14 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: printout.pl,v 1.142.6.1 2009/09/27 03:13:06 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -467,17 +467,21 @@ foreach $texfile (@texfile) {
 	      my $ps_file = my $tempo_file = $1.'temporar.ps';
 	      my $pdf_file = $1.'.pdf';
 	      $papera=~s/t/p/;
+              $comma = "fixps --force $new_name_file";
+              &debug("FIXPS command: $comma");
+              &busy_wait_command("$comma 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null",
+                                 "for $status_statement now validating PS",
+                                 \%prog_state,$tempo_file);
 	      if ($laystyle eq 'album' and $numberofcolumns eq '2') {
-		  $comma = "fixps --force ".$new_name_file." | psnup $papera -2 -s1.0 ";
+		  $comma = "psnup $papera -2 -s1.0 $new_name_file";
 		  &debug("PSNUP command: $comma");
-		  &busy_wait_command("$comma 1>$tempo_file  2>/dev/null",
+		  &busy_wait_command("$comma $tempo_file 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null",
 				     "for $status_statement now Modifying PS layout",
 				     \%prog_state,$tempo_file);
 	      } elsif ($laystyle eq 'book' and $numberofcolumns eq '2') {
-		  $comma = 'fixps --force '.$new_name_file.' | pstops '.$papera.' "2:0+1(0.48w,0)"';
+		  $comma = 'pstops '.$papera.' "2:0+1(0.48w,0)" '.$new_name_file;
 		  &debug("PSTOPS command: $comma ");
-
-		  &busy_wait_command("$comma 1>$tempo_file  2>/dev/null",
+		  &busy_wait_command("$comma $tempo_file 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null",
 				     "for $status_statement now Modifying PS layout",
 				     \%prog_state,$tempo_file); 
 	      } else {