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From: andrzej@bigsur.UUCP (Andrzej Bieszczad)
Subject: Re: Printing WinWord remotely? /// Win3.0 Genoa VGA driver?
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Reply-To: andrzej@bigsur.UUCP (Andrzej Bieszczad)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
References: <4995@milton.u.washington.edu> 
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 90 19:57:13 GMT

In article <4995@milton.u.washington.edu>, markad@blake.u.washington.edu
(Mark Donnell) writes:
> 1) I am trying to print the output from WinWord on a remote NeXT printer.
> I print to a file, with the output comfigured for a Apple Laser Writer Plus.
> I save the printer initialization text to a file. I zmodem them up to
the lab.
> I cat them together. I look at it and it looks generally like postscript.
> 
> I try printing it with 'lpr text.eps'  - it spools, then dissapears without
> any noticable effect on the printer. The printer is working and will print
> other files.
> 
> I also tried to print them on a Apple Laser Writer Plus hooked up to a Sun
> in the lab. It printer out 'Error: spooled binary file rejected'.
> 
> What am I doing wrong? Surely it can be done.
> 
...
> Mark



I would also like to find out what the problem is.

I used a SUN and a postscript printer and the message I got was the same:

       'Error: spooled binary file rejected'

Thanks in advance for any hints,

		Andrzej

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