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From: ercm20@castle.ed.ac.uk (Sam Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Need better way to produce PostScript files
Message-ID: <4371@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 31 May 90 09:22:35 GMT
References: <1990May30.142416.27725@phri.nyu.edu>
Reply-To: ercm20@castle.ed.ac.uk (Sam Wilson)
Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service
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In article <1990May30.142416.27725@phri.nyu.edu> roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
>
>	We're starting to gear up to produce PS files to be downloaded to a
>Linotype service bureau.  I did the ResEdit hack to my LaserPrinter driver
>to add a "print to disk file" checkbox, but I'm looking for something even
>better.  The problem with the checkbox is you end up with a file called
>PostScript0 in your PrintMonitor spool folder.  What I would really like is
>to end up with a file with some useful name (original-document-name.ps, for
>example) in the current folder.  Does anybody know a way to make that
>happen?

There's an INIT called LaserFix which will do this for you - puts up a
file selector box when you print.  I tried it but shied of again after
it seemed to be interfering with WindowShade (on a small screen Mac with
MultiFinder I can't live without WindowShade!).  I guess I ought to
follow this up and report it properly...

Sam Wilson
Edinburgh University