Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!uhunix2.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!pilger From: pilger@uhunix2.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Eric Pilger) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: MS Word, PostScript, and PC-NFS Message-ID: <9991@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Date: 23 Oct 90 16:25:43 GMT References: Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 21 In article porter@caip.rutgers.edu (Adam Porter) writes: > >I'm using Microsoft Word 5.0 (actually 5.0B) and I'm having trouble >printing to a network PostScript printer. The PC talks to a Sun4 >server via PC-NFS. In order to print a file, I have to print to a >file (ESC P F), shell to DOS or do Library Run, and do a PC-NFS net >print of the output file. Is there a way to do this directly (ESC >Print Printer)? Thanks... >-- I'm afraid its RTM time again (although in my smug all-know-it-ness, I can't remember exactly where.) I believe it is in the application notes. They give grueling details of how to edit the postscript prefix file. I have done this, and it works. It even continues to work for non-networked printers. I just set the printer to print after 30 seconds, and everything works fine. (prt -T30 *, print after 5 minutes) Eric Pilger Systems Programmer NASA Infrared Telescope Facility