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From: jhm+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jim Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Gratuitous incompatibility with NeXT postscript printer?
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Date: 1 Mar 89 16:01:44 GMT
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> Most applications generating Postscript assume they are talking to a
> Laserwriter, so they won't work with the NeXT printer. The need for
> Laserwriter compatiblity rather than Postscript compatiblity is the reason
> that so few Postscript 'clones' are currently available.

It is possilbe to put a LaserPrep file in front of a Mac-generated PS file in
order to print it on a non-LaserWriter like a DEC LN03R or PagePrinter 40. Why
can't the same be done for the NeXT printer?