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From: jerry@donk.UUCP (jerry)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Mac prologue for postscript?
Message-ID: <591@donk.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jun 90 15:48:50 GMT
References: <1990Jun26.045807.11832@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Reply-To: jerry@orion1.hf.intel.com (Jerry Gaiser)
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Organization: Development Tools - iNTeL Corp. Hillsboro, Oregon
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In article <1990Jun26.045807.11832@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> aem@Mthvax.CS.Miami.Edu writes:
>I've just converted the Mac on my desk from A/UX to MacOS, and
>have figured out how to get a postscript file out when the print
>dialogue comes up. But when I upload it to our Suns, and queue
>it for the LaserWriter, nothing comes out. Is there an additional
>prologue that is needed for Mac postscript output to print out
>on the LaserWriter? If it matters, I am running 6.0.5 of MacOS
>and the printer I tried it on is a LaserWriter II/NTX.
>
>thanks,
>
>aem
>

I have had the same problem when I moved files from my Mega2 with the
Spectre emulator. What I discovered were to lines that that attempted to
do a set???????? (I don't remember exactly). They are in the first 20 or
so lines. When these are removed, I have had no problems in printing.
Hope this helps.

>-- 
>a.e.mossberg / aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu / aem@umiami.BITNET / Pahayokee Bioregion
>The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image
>of a global village.			- Marshall McLuhan

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