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From: spencer@heinlein.cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Stephen N. Spencer)
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Subject: Printing PostScript Under System 7.0
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Date: 28 May 91 13:21:58 GMT
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Anyone have any tips on printing PostScript files generated by the 
Macintosh on UNIX machines, under System 7.0?

I'm well-accustomed to doing this under System 6.0.x.  I use "macps"
to filter the PostScript files I upload from my Macintosh, then send
the filtered PostScript to one of our LaserWriters. 

Under System 7.0, though, I'm stumped so far.  I like the availability
of printing to disk file straight from the printer driver, but the 
file generated had the LaserPrep file prepended.  

   (1) Is there a way to get the PostScript file generated without 
       the LaserPrep file prepended?

I uploaded the PostScript file (which contained three or four sentences,
in different fonts/sizes:  a mix of fonts the LaserWriter knows about 
and TrueType fonts) to the UNIX machine.

First experiment:  send the file straight to the printer.
Result: about five minutes of loading and a blank piece of paper.

Second experiment:  Sliced the LaserPrep file off of the document PostScript.
Ran it through "prepfix", installed it in the proper directory and updated
the "macps" config file so it would find it.  Did the following:

	macps document.ps | lpr -PprinterName

("document.ps" contains just the document's PostScript).  
Result: Didn't work either.  The file which was sent to the LaserWriter was
about 721K, much larger (try 2x) than the original PostScript file generated
by the Macintosh.  The printer loaded for a long time (~15 minutes) then 
stopped loading.  No output.  At one point it made a noise as if it was going
to start printing a page, then stopped.

I could have (COULD HAVE) erred in how I sliced the PostScript file up.  
I will try a more controlled experiment as soon as possible this coming week.
But this should work.  (Print an empty document in order to get the LaserPrep
file all by itself, re-install it.)

  (2)  Has anyone successfully printed PostScript files from System 7.0 Macs
       on UNIX machines in this manner?  Is there hope of this working?

Thanks for any assistance.  This is keeping me from upgrading my Mac at home,
as it is the only method available to me for printing files at the present
time.  I'd love to upgrade, but I won't if I can't print.

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