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From: tomwest@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Tom West)
Date: Mon, 11-Jul-88 13:03:48 EDT
Message-ID: <1988Jul11.130348.22885@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Generating PostScript files
References: <2393@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <17000114@clio> <17465@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: tomwest@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu.UUCP (Tom West)


  I am willing to send two files containing instructions, header files 
modified to allow their use on non Apple laser printers and a UNIX program
to select the appropriate header file given the PS file that any version
of laserwriter produces.

   The essential procedure is that
	1) User chooses a LaserWriter, (without having one attached).
	2) User hits clover-F after hitting Print button.  Mac tells
		 user that PS file is being produced
	3) User kermits PS file to our main system (older versions of Laser
		Writer occasionally created 8th bit high characters so eight
		bit transfer was sometimes necessary.)
	4) User converts all eighth bit high characters to octal equivalent.
	5) User uses macprint shell.  This looks at the PS file and prepends
		the appropriate header.

  We have a MV/10000 DG running AOS/VS (not Unix) with a QMS-800+ attached and
have no problems. With users generating PS files from a variety of Mac programs
such as MacWrite, Word, MacDraw, etc.  (Essentially anything that uses the
standard word drivers.)

  Note, this is a derivative work.  I'm just a user who put all the pieces 
together.


  Warning: These files are rather large.  (85K/31K)  If only the modification 
for the most recent header file to run on non Apple PS laser printers is 
needed, please say so!  That file is only 1k long.

-- 
				Tom West

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