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From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac II --> VAX --> LaserWriter
Message-ID: <2780@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 25 Jul 89 16:15:43 GMT
Reply-To: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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A colleague on campus has a Mac II connected via a serial line to a VAX,
which is in turn connected via a serial line to a LaserWriter.

He says that the PostScript files that are created using the Command-F
method don't work.  He uploads them to the VAX and then has the VAX
send the file to the printer ... but the Mac apparently puts extra info
into the PostScript file that the VAX doesn't like.

That's about as complete an understanding as I have ... Can anyone help
me sort this out?  Can he print Mac-created files on his LaserWriter
without buying additional hardware?


John O'Malley           / Macintosh  / Purdue University / (317)
mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Specialist / Computing Center  / 494-1787