Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!oliveb!apple!claris!scott
From: scott@claris.com (Scott Lindsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: AppleWorks GS and PostScript
Message-ID: <8983@claris.com>
Date: 1 Mar 89 05:31:27 GMT
References: <6734@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA
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From article <6734@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, by blackman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Michael Blackman):
> Unfortunately, with the way the AWGS sends each page in a separate
> GrafPort, (which also messes up ImageWriter draft mode) the PostScript
> file only contains the last page of the document.
Yeah, we did that because the print manager spools the output internally (in
memory) and extra memory is something most people don't have.  Imagine
trying to print a 10 page document where the bitmap (or corresponding
postscript) for each page was sitting around in memory until the whole thing
was ready to send to the printer.

> If the LaserWriter
> driver could simply pick a unique name other than "POSTSCRIPT.GS" then I
> could still copy each of my pages in a different file to the Mac and
> print them.  As it is, I have extensive editing to do to send any
> good-sized file to the Laser.  
Yeah, well, that's Apple's driver.

> (I'm using the WP module, by the way, but
> I think the printer driver problem is universal)
The problem I was talking about is that graphic output to the LaserWriter
may not look much better than, say screen or ImageWriter output.