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The DistillPS program is an adapted version of the SendPS
program that has been available for some time. There are
several features for downloading PostScript language programs.
The options under the "File" menu are for simple downloading
of files, for distilling files, and for timing them.
The "Distill" option requires the file "still.ps" to be in
your System Folder. This file is supplied in this distribution,
and may be updated without updating the rest of the DistillPS
application. The file you select for distillation will cause
another file to be created which is derived from the original
file name by adding an "x" to the end:
myfile.ps -> myfile.psx
The resulting file is also a PostScript language program, and
may be downloaded or sent with the timing test.
The timing option simply precedes the PostScript language
file by some timing code (similar to that found in the
file "timepages.ps" available from Adobe in various forms).
With this feature, any pages printed by the program will have
the execution time printed at the top of the page. The
execution time is broken into two parts: the time spent
before "showpage", and the time spent during "showpage". The
reason for this is that in some printers some of the work
of rasterization is actually delayed until "showpage" is
called, and done on the fly.