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From: gaffney@adobe.com (John Gaffney)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Can Postscript Strings Be Forced To Execute As Postscript Commands?
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Date: 1 May 90 17:13:09 GMT
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In article <365@newave.UUCP> john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III) writes:
>Is there anyway to have the contents of a postscript string be
>executed as postscript commands? [on a print server]

You must be using a DEC PrintServer 20 or PrintServer 40 on a VMS system.
The "print" command by default assumes you are trying to simply print a
text file on the PrintServer. There are two ways to execute a PostScript
language program directly without having it printed as text:


(1) Use the "/parameters" option to your "print" command:

$ print/param=(data_type=PostScript)/que=PrintServer foo.ps


(2) Have your system manager create a "PostScript interpreter" queue
for your PrintServer (e.g. named "PS_PrintServer"). Then your "print"
command is:

$ print/que=PS_PrintServer foo.ps



Hope that solves your problem.

John Gaffney
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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