--- loncom/interface/printout.pl	2006/04/24 21:30:06	1.98
+++ loncom/interface/printout.pl	2006/06/06 11:04:18	1.99
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ foreach $texfile (@texfile) {
 			     "for $status_statement now Converting to PS",
 			     \%prog_state,$new_name_file);
 	  if (-e $new_name_file) {
+	      &repaginate_postscript($new_name_file);
 	      print "<h1>PDF output file (see link below)</h1>\n";
 	      $new_name_file =~ m/^(.*)\./;
 	      my $ps_file = my $tempo_file = $1.'temporar.ps';
@@ -549,6 +550,7 @@ foreach $texfile (@texfile) {
 			     "for $status_statement now Converting to PS",
 			     \%prog_state,$new_name_file);
 	  if (-e $new_name_file) {
+	      &repaginate_postscript($new_name_file);
 	      print "<br />";
 	      $new_name_file =~ m/^(.*)\./;
 	      my $ps_file = my $tempo_file = $1.'temporar.ps';
@@ -659,5 +661,27 @@ sub busy_wait_command {
 }
 
 
+#  Repagninate a postscript file.
+#  What we need to do:
+#   - Count the number of pages in each student.
+#   - Add pages between each student so that each student's output is
+#     the maximum number of pages.
+#   
+sub repaginate_postscript {
+    # For now just strip out the STARTOFSTUDENTSTAMP
+    # ENDOFSTUDENTSTAMP markers in the postscript.
+
+    my ($postscript_filename) = @_;
+    open(PSFILE, "<$postscript_filename");
+    my @psfilelines = <PSFILE>;
+    close(PSFILE);
+    my $psbody = join('', @psfilelines);
+    $psbody =~ s/STARTOFSTUDENTSTAMP//g;
+    $psbody =~ s/ENDOFSTUDENTSTAMP//g;
 
+    open(PSFILE, ">$postscript_filename");
+    print PSFILE $psbody;
+
+    close PSFILE;
+}