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From: leclair@herky2.cs.uiowa.edu (Jeanne Leclair)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Printing Macintosh files to an IBM 4019
Keywords: printing postscript
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Date: 25 Sep 90 20:44:00 GMT
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I am using "maclaser" and associated "laser-prep" files to print Macintosh
generated PostScript files on our Apple LaserWriter.  The LaserWriter happens
to be on a serial port on a Sun fileserver, which runs Adobe Transcript as it's
printing software.  Now I want to print the same files on an IBM 4019 laser
printer (running in PostScript mode) on our R6000 (it's a 530).  I tried using
maclaser (without the ps8 filter) and it flashed awhile, the light came on for
a few seconds, then it went idle.  Since psprint (the filter for text to the
same printer) requires a ctrl-d on the end of the file I also tried appending
a ctrl-d to the end of the maclaser output.  I got the same results.  Can 
someone who has printed Mac files on an RS6000 with a 4019 printer please tell
me what I'm doing wrong?  I can't seem to find any documentation about the
PostScript driver for the printer so I'm not sure in what direction to head.
(I am assuming that the IBM is looking for a different flavor of PostScript
than the Adobe software wants to see.)

Any help is much apreciated.

Email probably better (but I do read the group), in case this is not of general
interest.

Jeanne Leclair
leclair@herky2.cs.uiowa.edu