Xref: utzoo comp.lang.postscript:1737 comp.sys.next:1639 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!uxc!garcon!pequod.cso.uiuc.edu!dorner From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Gratuitous incompatibility with NeXT postscript printer? Message-ID: <502@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 6 Mar 89 15:49:35 GMT References: <509@gonzo.UUCP> <17633@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <253@ccsrd14.UUCP> Sender: news@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu Reply-To: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 35 In article jhm+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jim Morris) writes: >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? If you are using the latest version of the Mac LW driver (the one that came with system 6.0.2), prepend LaserPrep (or use cmd-K), and then run this sed script on it: ---- cut here ---- 1i\ %!\ gsave 402,421d 82,83d 20,24c\ /ok true def\ /LW false def\ /waittimeout 300 def\ /fc {} def 8,18d $a\ grestore ---- cut here ---- The script strips out some LW-specific stuff (ok, LW, waittimeout, fc) and removes the 68000 object code that Apple downloads and executes in their printers. I've had good luck with it. Apple really does produce strange PostScript. Not surprising, as it's a call-for-call translation of Quickdraw. -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: dorner@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!dorner IfUMust: (217) 244-1765