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From: TONY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Tony Roder)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: WordPerfect and Postscript
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Date: 3 May 91 16:03:16 GMT
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In article <9105021429.AA11941@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU>, fechuny@RPI.EDU (felix chung
yau) says:
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>        Hello.  I am having some problems printing a postscript file and was
>wondering if anyone could help me.
>        The problem is this: I generate a ps file in wordperfect (dos version)
>by writing to disk.  Then I upload the ps file to a unix (sparc) machine which
>has an apple laserwriter hook up to it.  I issue the print command and all I

Having had a similar experience uploading to a mainframe, I discovered the
problem to be that in the postscripted file written to disk by WP, the lines
end in linefeeds only, rather than in carriage-return/linefeed combinations.
As a result, the laser printer chokes up and barfs.

I mentioned the problem in the WP50 list on BITNET and someone sent me
a program a friend of his had written, that rewrites the postscripted file
with the proper line endings.  I don't know whether I can disseminate
the program, but you might ask a wizzard to write one for you.


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Tony Roder, speaking his mind .....