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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macdraw Problem with HP LJIIID
Keywords: macdraw postscript laserjet
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.211032.8633@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 91 21:10:32 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.005757.4385@mprgate.mpr.ca> <1991Jun12.041039.3067@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
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I don't think the problem is that "MacDraw II does not work reliably
with any laserwriter driver beyond 5.2".  I have used MacDraw II for a
long time with the 6.0.1 laserwriter drivers.  I have never
experienced problems.

I believe the problem could be this.  In many cases MacDraw II
generates raw postscript.  When it gets ready to print, it notices a
laserwriter is attached, and bypasses some of the translation done by
the lasewriter driver.  Since it is printing using its own postscript
primitives -- not the primitives used by the standard laserwriter
translator.

When MacDraw II emits these primitives, it is possible that your
postscript interpreter will break.  Under normal circumstances the
interpreter never sees these primitives.  MacDraw II used to break our
interpreter on some pages, until we upgraded our printers to a better
postscript interpreter.  The problem is probably coming from your
postscript cartridge.

Don Gillies - gillies@cs.uiuc.edu - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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