--- loncom/interface/printout.pl	2011/04/26 10:47:25	1.148
+++ loncom/interface/printout.pl	2011/05/18 11:26:44	1.149
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 # CGI-script to run LaTeX, dvips, ps2ps, ps2pdf etc.
 #
-# $Id: printout.pl,v 1.148 2011/04/26 10:47:25 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: printout.pl,v 1.149 2011/05/18 11:26:44 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ use LONCAPA::Configuration;
 use strict;
 
 my $busy_wait_timeout = 30; 
-
+my $pdfs_converted    = 0;	# non zero if PDF includes (need to fixps).
 
 my $debugging = 0;
 
@@ -490,15 +490,18 @@ foreach $texfile (@texfile) {
 #  The code below uses gs to make pdf includes in sequences work
 
 	      # Use gs to fix the postscript -> level 1.5 
+	      # .. if pdfs were included
 
-	      $comma = "gs -sDEVICE=pswrite -dLanguageLevel=1.5 ";
-	      &busy_wait_command("$comma -o $tempo_file $new_name_file 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null",
-				 "for $status_statement now validating PS",
-				 \%prog_state, $tempo_file);
-
+	      if ($pdfs_converted > 0) {
+		  $comma = "gs -sDEVICE=pswrite -dLanguageLevel=1.5 ";
+		  &busy_wait_command("$comma -o $tempo_file $new_name_file 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null",
+				     "for $status_statement now validating PS",
+				     \%prog_state, $tempo_file);
+		  
 #---
-	      &busy_wait_command("mv $tempo_file $new_name_file",
-				 'File move', \%prog_state, $new_name_file);
+		  &busy_wait_command("mv $tempo_file $new_name_file",
+				     'File move', \%prog_state, $new_name_file);
+	      }
 	      if ($laystyle eq 'album' and $numberofcolumns eq '2') {
 		  $comma = "psnup $papera -2 -s1.0 $new_name_file";
 		  &debug("PSNUP command: $comma");
@@ -948,6 +951,7 @@ sub convert_figure {
 
 	    &debug("Converting pdf $not_eps to postscript: $eps_f");
 	    system("pdftops $not_eps $eps_f");
+	    $pdfs_converted++;	# Need to fix ps in last pass.
 	} else {
 	    system("convert $not_eps $eps_f");
         if($? and $advanced_role){