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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Why won't this Windows 3.0 header print???
Message-ID: <1525@vidiot.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 91 04:13:11 GMT
References: <2908@sparko.gwu.edu>
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout
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In article <2908@sparko.gwu.edu> timur@seas.gwu.edu () writes:
<The following postscript program is supposed to be the Windows 3.0
<Postscript header for an Apple LaserWriter Plus.  For some reason, the
<laserwriter prints out the file (i.e. it thinks it's not postscript).
<Can anyone answer the following questions:
<
<1. Does the Laserwriter Plus reject and print out a file if it thinks
<   it's not a postscript program?
<2. Is the following file a valid postscript program?  If not, why is
<   Windows producing it, and how can I fix it?
<3. If the program is valid, what am I doing wrong?

%%Page: 1 1
%%PageResources: (atend)
SS
0 0 0 0 0 0 SM
%!PS-Adobe-3.0

Well, it works for me, IF you remove the first four lines of crap.  If the
file is going through a UNIX print spooler, the spooler doesn't see the
%! as the first part of the file and sends it through a text to PS converter.
That is if your system has that kind of support.  If you are sending the file
to the printer attached to a PC, then that won't be a problem, but the SS and
SM will.  Those procedures aren't even defined yet.  The printer will barf
and ignor the rest of the job.

I have no idea why they are there.  But remove them and it printed out a
little message on my Apple LaserWriter IINT about the Windows PostScript
header being loaded.
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