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From: brian@natinst.UUCP (Brian H. Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Summary of Mac PostScript under UNIX
Keywords: whatever happened to me...
Message-ID: <965@natinst.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 88 18:10:34 GMT
References: <2636@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU>
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
Lines: 37

In article <2636@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU>,
	hsd@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU (Harry S. Delugach) writes:
> Thanks to all who responded to my query about printing Mac PostScript on 
> a UNIX-hosted LaserWriter. It turns out that there were several technical 
> problems which needed to be solved. Fortunately, Brian Powell of U-TEXAS has
> solved them, including several updates for current versions of the
> LaserWriter driver. Many thanks to Brian, wherever you are.

     Well, I suppose I should rear my head.  I no longer work for the
Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.  I now
work for National Instruments, working on LabVIEW (see the August 23rd
MacWeek, for instance), and I'm also the UNIX (SunOS 4.0) and network
(ethernet<->appletalk) administrator.
     National Instruments is a company that specializes in IEEE-488 Data
Acquisition and Instrument Control hardware and software for Macs, PCs, Suns
and _lots_ of other computers.  We're headquartered in Austin and have two
sales offices, in Japan and France.

     Enough about me.
     I've recently hacked together a laser-prep-68.pro, which is for use with
LaserWriter 5.2, part of the System 6.0 distribution.  I don't think the
LaserWriter driver will be changed in System 6.0.1, so it should work for that
also.  I also plan to make further changes to the paintps distribution to more
correctly handle the various laser-prep versions.  (Instead of looking at the
first line of the cmd-F file, it should look at the IncludeProcSet line.)
     When I get around to making that change, I'll issue another upgrade.  If
you're really desperate to get hold of laser-prep-68.pro, I can send it to
you.  Currently, it is not available for ftp from anywhere, nor do I plan to
make it available for ftp until the complete upgrade package is ready.
     Feel free to contact me for further information.

Brian H. Powell					National Instruments Corp.
	brian@natinst.uucp			12109 Technology Blvd.
	cs.utexas.edu!natinst!brian		Austin, Texas 78727-6204
	AppleLink:D0351				(512) 250-9119 x832

or if that doesn't work, you can use brian@cs.utexas.edu.