my $binary = pack("b*", $print); #Is this right???
pack("b*",...) packs a "bit string", i.e. a string
consisting of "0" and "1" (ASCII 48 and 49), e.g.
print pack("b*", "011001101111011011110110") # --> "foo"
but Postscript content doesn't consist of solely ASCII zeros and
ones, so this is most likely not correct.
My guess would be that you don't need to do anything with $print.
Just treat it as binary data (any string is "binary" in the wider
sense, even if it's ASCII/7-bit only), i.e. use $print where
you now have $binary.
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