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M4.92: Print to a PostScript file

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file.print {format: "postscript"} (the default for a .ps path) writes the
print job as Level 3 or 2 (level) PostScript instead of a PDF: DSC comments
with %%Pages the page count, one page per sheet with its paper size,
printer's marks in Registration, separations naming their ink (%%PlateColor)
with its halftone screen, a fixed flatness and film negatives. Transparency
is flattened first with flattenerPreset. The answer says which format was
written. In the app, a PostScript job is always saved, never sent to the
printer (the Print dialog's own options are unchanged).

The PDF print's layout is exposed as vectorcraft_pdf::plan (the PDF writer
uses it too); vectorcraft_eps::print draws its sheets with the EPS writer's
document walk, each sheet once however many copies print.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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{"name":"run_command","arguments":{"command":"file.print","params":{"path":"/tmp/job.pdf","settings":{"copies":2}}}}
```
Print to a PostScript file: `file.print {format: "postscript"}` (the default for a `.ps` path) writes the same job as
PostScript, `level: 3` (default) or `2`, answering `format: "postscript"` (`"pdf"` otherwise; in the app the job is
saved, not sent to a printer). The file follows the
DSC: `%%Pages` is the page count (copies included), each `%%Page` sets its paper size, separations name their ink
(`%%PlateColor`) and set its halftone screen (`frequency`, `angle`, a round dot), a fixed flatness is written
(`setflat`), negatives invert the transfer, and the marks print in Registration. PostScript has no transparency: it
is flattened first with `flattenerPreset` (`medium` by default; `high`, `low` or a saved one), with a warning.
```json
{"name":"run_command","arguments":{"command":"file.print","params":{"path":"/tmp/job.ps","level":2,"settings":{"output":{"mode":"separations"}}}}}
```
## Data Recovery
Modified documents get recovery copies (`file.recovery.save`; the app runs it every `autosaveInterval` minutes while