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From: cklim@athena.mit.edu (Carl K. Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Printing to Postscript files under System 7/TrueType
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Date: 21 Jun 91 20:45:38 GMT
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Hi, I used to print on my Macintosh by saving the postscript to a file (using
Command-F), downloading it to a UNIX network, and printing it using macps.

But after switching to System 7 and the new laserwriter driver (now just clicking 
the checkbox), a simple single page Word file using Times generated over 800K of 
postscript (I had to interrupt the print job).  The postscript file seems to 
contain the LaserPrep definition and a lot of binary (?) code.  Is this suppose
to be the TrueType definition of Times?

Another problem is: my mac isn't attached to any printer.  But I will eventually
print on a printer that has the standard postscript fonts like Times, Helvetica,
etc.  How I can fool the laserwriter driver to not download every single font
into the postscript file?

I'll appreciate any help.  Thanks in advance.

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Carl Lim
MIT '92
cklim@athena.mit.edu