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From: lhaider@pro-beagle.cts.com (Laer Haider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Writing Postscript Files on AWGS
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Date: 9 Feb 91 20:28:26 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from giovin@ecs.umass.edu

> In article <12305.27ad9ab5@ecs.umass.edu> giovin@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>>>
>>>      I can't seem to find the original message but someone
>>>posted something about writing postscript files on their IIGS.
>>>To my knowledge, and to that of my dealer, there are no word
>>>processors that write files in postscript form on the GS.
>
>> I posted the orginal question, I think about postscrpt files.  Actually,
>> Your dealer is right, even though he is probably incompetent as most Apple
>> Dealers are.
>
>Thanks for the help everyone-- I agree with your remark about Apple
>dealers.  In fact, I remember a time when I happened to be in
>an Apple store and was asked to answer some simple questions for a customer.
>(I think it was something about hi-res graphics.)

The first statement is true and false.  There are no GS word processors that
write anything to any device.  That's the function of the System.Software, 
FST, and device driver.  Try using the LaserWriter driver.  That'll help
you create that postscript file.

Your Apple dealer IS incompetent, just like mine.
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