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From: sandra@gonzo.UUCP (Sandra Burch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Gratuitous incompatibility with NeXT postscript printer?
Message-ID: <509@gonzo.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 89 06:33:39 GMT
Reply-To: sandra@gonzo.UUCP (Sandra Burch)
Organization: Gonzo Media Group
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I tried sending a postscript file from a Sun to a NeXT machine on the
network using the regular BSD lpr system.  It queued just fine, but
didn't print.  There was an error message in a file on /tmp that said
there was something wrong with the Postscript source.  This is odd,
because it prints just fine on a LaserWriter and on a DEC postscript
printer.  I'm not enought of a whiz to figure out just what is going
wrong, but this is troubling.

Are there different flavors of postscript?  Does this mean programs that
write LaserWriter standard postscript won't work on the NeXT without
rework?  Oooooooo, yuckers.

Thanks!

SKB
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