--- fig2dev/dev/genps.c
+++ fig2dev/dev/genps.c	2008-10-08 15:27:05.095587461 +0200
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ F_compound	*objects;
 		height = userury-userlly+1;
 	}
 
+	/* put in the magnification for information purposes */
+	fprintf(tfp, "%%Magnification: %.4f\n",metric? mag*76.2/80.0 : mag);
 	/* only include a pagesize command if PS */
 	if (!epsflag && !pdfflag) {
 	    /* add comment for ghostview to recognize the page size */
@@ -694,6 +696,9 @@ F_compound	*objects;
 	    for (i=strlen(psize)-1; i>=0; i--)
 		psize[i] = tolower(psize[i]);
 	    fprintf(tfp, "%%%%DocumentPaperSizes: %s\n",psize);
+	}
+	fprintf(tfp, "%%%%EndComments\n");
+	if (!epsflag && !pdfflag) {
 	    fprintf(tfp, "%%%%BeginSetup\n");
 	    fprintf(tfp, "[{\n");
 	    fprintf(tfp, "%%%%BeginFeature: *PageRegion %s\n", papersize);
@@ -711,10 +716,6 @@ F_compound	*objects;
 	}
 
 
-	/* put in the magnification for information purposes */
-	fprintf(tfp, "%%Magnification: %.4f\n",metric? mag*76.2/80.0 : mag);
-	fprintf(tfp, "%%%%EndComments\n");
-
 	/* if the user wants an ASCII preview, route the rest of the eps to a temp file */
 	if (asciipreview) {
 	    saveofile = tfp;
@@ -753,6 +754,7 @@ F_compound	*objects;
 
 	if (pats_used)
 		fprintf(tfp,"/MyAppDict 100 dict dup begin def\n");
+	fprintf(tfp, "%%%%BeginProlog\n");
 	fprintf(tfp, "%s", BEGIN_PROLOG1);
 	/* define the standard colors */
 	genps_std_colors();
@@ -870,8 +872,10 @@ F_compound	*objects;
  	if (multi_page) {
 	    /* reset the matrix for multipage mode */
 	    fprintf(tfp, "initmatrix\n");
+	    fprintf(tfp, "%%%%EndProlog\n");
 	} else {
 	    fprintf(tfp, " %.5f %.5f sc\n", scalex, scaley );
+	    fprintf(tfp, "%%%%EndProlog\n");
 	    if (!epsflag) {
 		fprintf(tfp,"%%%%Page: 1 1\n");
 		fprintf(tfp, "%%%%BeginPageSetup\n");