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From: aberg@math.rutgers.edu (Hans Aberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Mac PS Printouts via Sun Unix
Keywords: mac ps sun unix printing
Message-ID: <Mar.1.12.29.22.1989.8842@math.rutgers.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 89 17:29:23 GMT
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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(This is a repost, due to a possible postnews bug.)

The old Sun UNIX system used to have a Mac PostScript printout filter
[ lpr -M ], but the new OS doesn't.

Now, one would expect any PS file print on any PS printer (with the
usual exceptions, custom PS commands etc.)

Does anybody know why this filter is needed? What is the difference
between the Mac PS files, and other PS files. (Regular PS files do
print out. The Mac files are created using cmd-F; the cmd-K produces
a prep directory, that wedges the printer.)

Hans Aberg, Mathematics
aberg@math.rutgers.edu