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From: zimm@Portia.Stanford.EDU (Dylan Yolles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac
Subject: PostScript, LaserWriter, Unix Connectivity
Summary: How do I dump Mac PostScript files to the LaserWriter?
Keywords: laserwriter, postscript, unix, help!
Message-ID: <4010@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 22 Oct 88 09:48:23 GMT
Reply-To: zimm%portia@forsythe.stanford.edu
Organization: Stanford University
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I'm trying to do something which, in theory, should be relatively easy,
but which in practice seems quite difficult: create PostScript files
on my Macintosh (from Macintosh applications, such as Word), upload them
to a Unix system, and finally dump those files to the LaserWriter +'s and
NT's connected to the mainframe.

The saga of my efforts to accomplish this are too long and complicated to
repeat here. Suffice it to say, by trial and error, I've gotten things sort
of working with some fonts on some printers some of the time with a very
specific driver. But I'm having a hard time getting files with fonts other
than Times and Helvetica in them to print out (although the fonts
are ROM resident).

I've really spent many hours trying to figure this out, and am about ready
to give up--if you know what to do, I'd be eternally grateful for your help!
So, if you have any info which might help, please let me know. Also,
if you're trying to do what I'm trying to do (and similarly failing), send
some mail, and I'll let you know what the results of my investigation are.

Your best bet is to respond at 

zimm%portia@forsythe.stanford.edu

I don't get on the net much, so I probably won't see any messages posted
here.

Thanks for any help you might offer--Dylan Yolles