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> But doesn't everything in a "layer group" come out on one page?  If I 
> have a "component" layer (with pads) and a "signal 1" layer with tracks 
> both part of the same group, I get a group plot with both, yes?

Yes, but you get them both on one gerber plot also.

My point is, anything that gets you a useful postscript print (by
putting pins and pin labels on the same page) gives you corrupt gerber
prints (by putting pins and pin labels in the same gerber).