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From: alley@argon.berkeley.edu (Rod Alley)
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Subject: Re: Printing Windows Postscript on LaserWriter
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Date: 7 May 91 00:42:53 GMT
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I'm interested in this too.  I've had this problem with moderate-
sized (100-150Kb) Postscript files generated by Corel Draw twice
now.  I've printed a lot of other, simpler drawings (no complicated
fill patterns) with no problems.  The funny thing is that my
Ultrascript 2.1 postscript emulator has no problems even with these 
problematic files, and there's variability with different Postscript printers:
a Laserwriter II just dies with no printout, a new Sun prints out
but the fills and layer hierarchies (which layer is on top of another)
get mixed up, and I'm trying one of the original Laserwriters right
now.  In Windows, I set up the printer driver for one of the original Laser-
writers (I'm not at home, so I can't be more specific), and I'm wondering
how significant this is.  For now,  I'm trying out different Postscript
printers to see if something works.  Then I thought I'd try different
printer setups in Windows, and call Corel if all else fails.  Is there
something else to try, or does it sound like there's something obviously
wrong here?  I'm very reluctant to give up the vector fills I'm using,
even though I expect that has something to do with the problem.

RLA