Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!uhccux!virtue!ccc_ldo From: ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Generating standard postscript files from Mac Summary: Some things to try Message-ID: <666.266d55c9@waikato.ac.nz> Date: 6 Jun 90 07:13:13 GMT References: <24646.266bc92d@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Reply-To: ldo@waikato.ac.nz Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Lines: 31 The Command-K sequence causes the LaserWriter driver to prepend the contents of its "Laser Prep" dictionary to the PostScript file it generates. Unfortunately, Laser Prep seems designed to be uploaded as a separate job; there are a couple of places where it checks if a special operator that it's trying to set up is already defined, and if so, it does a "flushfile" (i e ignore the rest of the job). What this means is that, if Laser Prep is included as part of a longer file, and you try sending that file to a LaserWriter that has already had Laser Prep loaded into it, then the subsequent part of the file simply gets ignored. Brute force test: try switching the LaserWriter off and on again (to clear out its memory), then try sending the problem file from the IBM PC. Or, if the file is being sent via an RS-232C connection, and you're feeling really brave, you could try editing the file to insert a Control-D character (the PostScript convention for marking "end of file") between the Laser Prep part and the document proper. If it prints OK in either case, then this is the problem. Otherwise, it's not... Lawrence D'Oliveiro Computer Services Dept fone: +64-71-562-889 University of Waikato fax: +64-71-384-066 Hamilton, New Zealand electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz On Tracy Ullman: "The thrill of being baffled has worn off."