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From: hackett@obelix.gaul.csd.uwo.ca (MICHAEL HACKETT)
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Subject: Re: Printing GS Postscript Files on Another Machine
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Date: 17 Feb 91 08:55:42 GMT
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In article <12430.27ba7778@ecs.umass.edu> giovin@ecs.umass.edu writes:
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>	Has anyone tried printing a GS postscript file on another machine?
>I made a postscript file in Appleworks GS and transferred it to
>a VAX.  Then I sent it to a postscript printer and get nothing!
>I think that there's some command on VAX that will reveal what
>it doesn't like about a postscript file, but I can't seem to find it.
>	Does anyone have info on this?  Thanks, Rocky.

    The first line of the files that the driver writes often contain some
control characters (and also the For: line) that can cause problems with
some network printer servers.  Mine usually rejects the file thinking that's
it's binary.  When I cut out those two bad lines everything works great
(except that I can't get the NewCenturySchlbk font to print).  I will likely
write a little C program to automate the process sometime...


     Mike Hackett