CTAN has a new package: pkfix-helper

[CTAN Announcements]

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make 
its way to the mirror that you like best.

Thank you, Scott.
Jim Hefferon
St Michael's College

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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.

Name of contribution: pkfix-helper
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /support/pkfix-helper
Summary description: Help pkfix process PostScript files produced by 
  ancient versions of dvips
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped
fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding
resolution-independent vector fonts.  Unfortunately, pkfix needs to
parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced
by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on
PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips.

pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments
into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable
for processing by pkfix.  pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents
fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed,
correct its decisions.
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