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From: jeffrey@emx.utexas.edu (Jeff Achtermann)
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Subject: Printing MS Works Postscript files from a Mainframe (Help).
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Date: 15 Nov 90 19:00:37 GMT
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Hi!

I'm having no luck printing postscript files generated with MicroSoft
Works (version 2.0A) from an Apple Laser Writer attached to a mainframe.
I'm hoping someone out there can help me.  I've had no problem printing
postscript files generated with WordPerfect but have been totally
unsuccessful with MicroSoft Works.

After printing my document to a file I upload both the postscript file
and the postscrp.ini file (MicroSoft's postscript initialization file) to
the mainframe.  Then I print out the postscript.ini file followed by my
postscript file.  Alas, while the Laser Writer lights flash nothing
ever comes out.

At the suggestion of MicroSoft Help I've tried removing the cntrl-D at
the end of the postscrp.ini file and also removing the line
"%!PS-Adobe-2.0" from the beginning of my file.  Now my file prints out
as the raw postscript file (not very pretty :-).  Unfortunately
MicroSoft help has no further suggestions.

Has anyone been successful at this?  Would MicroSoft Word work any
better?  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff Achtermann

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Jeff Achtermann
  Internet: jeffrey@astro.as.utexas.edu         MaBell: 512-471-1477
  Astronomy Dept., RLM 15.308, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1083
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