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From: gpsinha@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Sinha)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Problem in using psfig with Mac documents.
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.132832.28160@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 19 Sep 90 13:28:32 GMT
Sender: Gyan P. Sinha
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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Hello,
     I'm interested in using the psfig macro to incorporate 
     Mac applications into my latex documents. I am following
     the psfig manual by the book. However, I am having the
     following problem. Before I do this, I'll describe the 
     sequence of operations that I am following:
     (1) Generate Mac application. In my case, I am using
         CricketGraph to generate a X-Y plot.
     (2) Select laserwriter in the chooser.
     (3) Send document to print. 
     (4) Right after clicking OK, I press clover-k. This should
	 generate for me a Laserprep file, together with the 
	 postscript code for the figure. 
 PROBLEM #1: Both clover-k and clover-f give me the 
	 same file, as cmp confirms. The manual says they 
	 should be different. 
     (5) I ftp the clover-k file over to my SUN account, 
         invoke the psfig macro with \input psfig, 
         and call the figure in with \psfig{figure=foo.ps}
     (6) Latex doesn't complain about all this, but when I
	 send the document to print after conversion to ps,
	 it doesn't print. I get mail messages from the laser
	 printer about some offending ps commands that kill
	 the job. 

  I am sure the absence of the laserprep file is what's causing
  the screwup. This may be a problem with the way the mac servers
  are set up at my school. Is there anyone out there who has had 
  similar problems, or could offer some help ?
  I'd be much obliged.

  Gyan P.Sinha