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From: cnap73@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Postscript and the Laserwriter(yet again)
Message-ID: <42.26cfe840@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 20 Aug 90 13:40:16 GMT
References: <1990Aug17.181113.13169@imax.com>
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster
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In article <1990Aug17.181113.13169@imax.com>, hugh@imax.com (Hugh Murray) writes:
> Just for fun I captured some PostScript output on the Mac (using cmnd-K), and
> copied the file to a PC disk using Apple File Exchange with text translation.
> On the PC I just copied this file to the printer, which flashed its green light
> for about a minute then - nothing.  Does anyone have any idea what could be
> missing?  It bothers me a little that WordPerfect on a PC generates PostScript
> which an Apple printer accepts happily, while output from the Mac makes it
> choke.
> 

First of all, in conversion make sure that MacWrite/RCA conversion is off;
don't convert CR/LF characters.

I suspect that the real reason is that the Postscript file you get is not
correct.  A Mac generated Postscript file contains a header, the contents of
which depend on the application.  In this header is a line which says something
like :

   %IncludeProcSet: "(AppleDict md)" 68 0

The contents of the Laser Prep file are supposed to replace this line.  The
file you get from cmd-K simply appends a PS version of your document to the
Laser Prep file.  You will probably need some utility (like MACPS for Unix)
which puts Laser Prep in the right place.

Stewart Fleming,
University Of Strathclyde,
Scotland.

> Hugh Murray  hugh@imax.com    :   These opinions are MINE