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From: kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Capturing ASCII PostScript programatically?
Summary: How to do it?
Message-ID: <377@lloyd.camex.uucp>
Date: 13 Apr 89 01:40:47 GMT
Reply-To: kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg)
Organization: Camex, Inc., Boston, Mass USA
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Though the question still comes up weekly, we all pretty much know how
the *user* can get PostScript output sent to a file rather than the
LaserWriter, but is there a way for a *program* to do it?

Is there a way for a program to get Apple's LaserWriter driver to
convert QuickDraw calls to a file of ASCII PostScript?

I see about 4 ways: 1) find the hidden bit that tells the LaserWriter
driver to do that (I hope, I hope...), 2) fake-out the driver with a
synthetic LaserWriter--either in the same Mac, or in another machine
on the net (sounds like a lot of work, but could even be
Chooser-friendly), 3) pretend to be the user and do the command-K
business (sounds terrible, but might not be *that* bad), and 4) write
my own driver which does this (cheating--avoids the question, and too
much work).

Anybody think of any more?  Any good ideas on how to do one of these?

Thanks,

Kent Borg
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