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From: sjordahl@megatest.UUCP (Scott Jordahl)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Help with Mac-generated PS files...
Message-ID: <457@megatest.UUCP>
Date: 15 Apr 88 22:48:09 GMT
References: <993@nugipsy.UUCP> <136800002@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <4407@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: sjordahl@megatest.UUCP (Scott Jordahl)
Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca
Lines: 47
Summary: WHERE'S THE BEEF!!!!

In article <4407@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> hurf@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu 
(Hurf Sheldon) writes:
> Submitted here is a shell script lsmith created to handle files created
>with command F and all the little bugs due to different versions of
>laserprep, etc. ...

There seems to be a couple of important files missing:

>echo '  Input is ' $# 'files.'
>for FILE in $@
> do if test -r $FILE -a -s $FILE
>   then if grep -s appledict $FILE
>	then echo 'Please use MacPostscript files produced by CMD f, not CMD k.'
>             echo 'The file' $FILE 'is not acceptable for printing'
>	elif grep -s dobe-2.0 $FILE
>		then echo 'Printing MacIntosh PostScript2.0 file' $FILE
>		cat /usr/lib/mac/LaserPrep4.0.ps $FILE | lpr -Plsr
		    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>		elif grep -s dobe-1.0 $FILE
>			then echo 'Printing Mac PostScript1.0 file' $FILE
>			cat /usr/lib/mac/LaserPrep.ps $FILE | lpr -Plsr
and			    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Could the original poster please post these two (2) files.  This looks just
like the utility we've been looking for.

Thanks for the posting,

-- Scott

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