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From: ALBRO@NIEHS.BITNET
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Subject: Postscript from GS
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Date: 12 Mar 91 17:13:00 GMT
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I thought it might be useful to summarize the advice I received in response
about editing Postscript files created on the IIgs without Appletalk active.

First, it seems that the Laserprinter driver expects to obtain some file
info from the Appletalk server; since there isn't one, it writes random
garbage into the <apple>-F Postscript file.  Some of this garbage comes
before the %!Adobe (that should start the file), and some comes after it.

AppleWorks, Freewriter, and other text editors that look for a zero byte
to mark end-of-file will choke on these files.  AppleWorks will read them
in, but will replace non-printing code with a #, confusing the issue.

If you upload the file to a Vax, EVE, vi, EDT, or emacs will all read the
file and allow you to edit it.

On the IIgs, microEmacs, Rose16, WriteIt! can all read and edit the file.
In fact, just reading the file into microEmacs and writing it back to
disk gets rid of the unprintable garbage.

Lister by Stowe Kelly can read the file, although it won't edit it.

Thanks for the help!