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From: mzellers@starnet.uucp (Mark Zellers)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Is this a PostScript file?
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.181638.9057@starnet.uucp>
Date: 17 Jan 91 18:16:38 GMT
References: <2548@clyde.concordia.ca>
Reply-To: mzellers@starnet.UUCP (Mark Zellers)
Organization: Starnet Connections---Public Access UNIX
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In article <2548@clyde.concordia.ca> gpkatch@maxwell.Concordia.CA (Gary Katch) writes:
>The text below was produced by MicroSoft Works word processor, with
>chosen printer Apple Laserwriter II with down-loadable fonts.  The file
>was printed to disk on the PC, and then uploaded to the UNIX box at
>work.  The file will not print on the Laserwriter, nor will ULTRIX's
>previewer understand it.  I looked at a book on PostScript and cannot
>find any commands like the ones in the file.
>
>Does anyone understand what this thing is and what should be done to

It would appear that there is a procedure file that Microsoft Works
downloads to the printer.  The mysterious commands are really PostScript
procedures defined by Microsoft's download file.  Check your
distribution to see if you can find Microsoft's "header" file that
defineds these procedures.  For example, you might find things like
	/S {show} bind def

Once you find the appropriate header file, you may be able to cat it on
to the front of your file and then print the whole thing.

Good Luck.

Mark H. Zellers
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