Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!snorkelwacker!husc6!m2c!wpi!tbutler From: tbutler@wpi.wpi.edu (Tim Butler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Postscript from Word 4.0...? Message-ID: <8830@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 21 Feb 90 16:23:03 GMT References: <1096@ux.acs.umn.edu> <122@cavanasic.nsc.com> Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. Lines: 50 In-reply-to: maul@asic.nsc.com's message of 20 Feb 90 21:47:59 GMT In article <122@cavanasic.nsc.com> maul@asic.nsc.com (Rob Maul maul@asic.nsc.com (408) 721-7637) writes: Path: wpi!m2c!husc6!paperboy!snorkelwacker!apple!voder!parns!asic!maul From: maul@asic.nsc.com (Rob Maul maul@asic.nsc.com (408) 721-7637) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Postscript from Word 4.0...? Summary: Does Click-OK command-f work even if there is no laserwriter? I think not. Message is always "laserwriter not found". Message-ID: <122@cavanasic.nsc.com> Date: 20 Feb 90 21:47:59 GMT References: <1096@ux.acs.umn.edu> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 25 In article <1096@ux.acs.umn.edu>, clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) writes: > In article sullivan@msor.exeter.ac.uk (Rob Sullivan) writes: >> >Can anyone tell me if it is possible to intercept the postscript file >> >produced by software such as Microsoft Word on the Mac before it >> >reaches the printer? >> >> the "Print" dialog, press and hold the "OK" button. While holding the "OK" >> button "down" ..., press and hold the command key and either the "F" or the >> "K" key with the other hand. Let up on the "OK" button and continue to hold >> Command-F or Command-K until you see... > > Since I don't have a LaserWriter I can't extract the PostScript using the > Click-OK command-f stuff. Is this right? Does one need to purchase a > LaserWriter just to extract the postscript files? My NeXT laser printer is [stuff deleted] > Any Ideas? Rob Maul maul@asic.nsc.com You do not need a laser printer to do this. Just select the laserwriter icon from the chooser. You will then be told to make sure appletalk is active, and to pick a laserwriter. Appletalk doesn't have to be connected but does have to be turned on. And there will not be any laserwriter icons in the top left window of the chooser, but that is ok too. You will know that you have the proper printer selected if the print dialog box (that you get when you print something) is for the laserwriter. It is different from the imagewriter dialog. -tim Tim Butler (tbutler@wpi.wpi.edu) Teaching Assistant HL 103b ext.5424 Department of Mechanical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute