Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!kksys!wd0gol!newave!john From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: printing a PS file Message-ID: <820@newave.UUCP> Date: 10 May 91 01:46:40 GMT References: Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III) Organization: NeWave Communications Ltd, Eden Prairie, MN Lines: 33 In article marosen@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mark Rosen) writes: > Let's say I've gotten a postscript file from anywhere. Or I created > one by hitting command-K in the print dialog box, or by using the new > laserwriter driver that has the create postscript file option. Be aware that there are actually _two_ types of postscirpt files available from the postscript driver. You can do command-F or command-K. I don't recall which at the moment, but one key combination creates a postscirpt file with the postscript header, the other without the header. The PS file without the header cannot be printed unless the header has been downloaded into the printer first. The option to delete the header is for efficiency when printing multiple files. > OK, now how do I print the damn thing? Do I use LaserWriter Font > Utility to download the file to my Personal LW NT? I think I remember > trying that once, and nothing happened. If you want to print the file from a mac to a laser printer, you need to latch onto a utility called SendPS. Look for version 2.x. This tool downloads PS files into a laser printer for printing. Some people spool the postscript files to UNIX or VAX for printing, some demented people like to hack on the files for special effects before printing, you can try using the PS files as EPS files for including in publishing programs or TeX files. You can even send the PS files to an output service to have get Lino output or slides. -john- -- ============================================================================= John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications, Ltd. ...uunet!tcnet!newave!john