Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tellab5!wiseman
From: wiseman@tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Postscript Dump From LaserWriter Dialog Box
Keywords: postscript, laserwriter
Message-ID: <3095@tellab5.tellabs.com>
Date: 21 Jul 90 21:34:55 GMT
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In article <57647@lanl.gov> crv@lanl.gov (Chad R. Vizino) writes:
>I am using a Mac II with system 6.0.2 and would like to know how to get a
>Postscript file from the LaserWriter dialog box instead of having the file
>sent to the printer.  I have tried pressing 'command-F' while mousing down
>on the 'OK' button but this doesn't seem to work.  Is this function specific
>to a certain application or am I doing the wrong thing?

Try the sequence in reverse. "Mouse down" and HOLD on the OK button and while
HOLDING it there, press and HOLD the command-F. While holding the command-F,
mouse UP (let go) from the OK button. STILL HOLDING the command-F keys, keep
holding until the "sending to postscript file" (or whatever that dialog is...)
appears. THEN you may let go.

On a slower mac such as an SE, you can hit the OK and release it and then
IMMEDIATELY hit the command-F and HOLD until the dialog box appears.

If you are using applications that don't muck around a lot with the laser
drivers (such as with Claris products, MacWrite II for example) you can get a
utility called mypagesetup (something like that anyway) that you can use to
expose a check box in the printer's dialog for setup to do this same thing.

One last thing that sometimes throws people. I believe that this capability to
generate a Postscript file actually comes from the laserwriter driver files.
That means none of this will work unless you have selected the laserwriter
driver from the chooser. Also, certain spooler programs, if active, can screw
this procedure up.

Hope this helps.

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