Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!cjwein From: cjwein@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Chris J. Wein) Subject: Re: WordPerfect and Postscript Message-ID: <1991May15.142744.21751@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo References: <1991May14.183903.24551@tcom.stc.co.uk> Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 14:27:44 GMT Lines: 31 In article fechuny@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (felix chung yau) writes: > > 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 >get is one page out of 2 or more pages. With ps files generated by lotus >freelance the problem is even worse as I get nothing at all. > Then I decided to try ami pro. Everything came out perfect. However, >I would rather not import all my files to ami pro as formating is lost and for >large documents it would be tedious to reformat them. In addition, ami pro >does not import equations (it has no equation editor of its own anyway). > I called the tech guys at wordperfect and the only answer they had >was that there might be problems in taking a file from one platform to another >(dos to unix). > Has anyone encountered problems fo this sort? Any help is appreciated. > Please send answers via e-mail to fechuny@aix01.aix.rpi.edu or post. > Thanks in advanced. > I use WP to produce ps for a DEC scriptwriter and have had no problems whatsoever. I have also used the generic ps driver and one for the QMS printer and both have worked fine. Perhaps the header info in your case is bad? -- ============================================================================== Chris Wein | cjwein@watcgl.waterloo.edu Computer Graphics Lab, CS Dept. | cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca University of Waterloo | (519) 888-4548