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From: hsd@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU (Harry S. Delugach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Summary of Mac PostScript under UNIX
Message-ID: <2636@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU>
Date: 21 Aug 88 20:11:08 GMT
Organization: U.Va. CS Department, Charlottesville, VA
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Thanks to all who responded to my query about printing Mac PostScript on 
a UNIX-hosted LaserWriter. It turns out that there were several technical 
problems which needed to be solved. Fortunately, Brian Powell of U-TEXAS has
solved them, including several updates for current versions of the LaserWriter
driver. Many thanks to Brian, wherever you are.

The following were among the necessary changes:

	Critical first line (whether Adobe appears, whether 1.0, or 2.0, etc.)
	Password
	Not taking over the printer's RAM permanently
	Extra long lines truncated

The solution is available in the form of a PostScript header file, to precede
Mac's command-F output in UNIX's lpr pipe. I got a copy from SUMEX-AIM --
in UTILITY-PAINTPS-*. Using this header, I actually got
output that was indistinguishable from an all-Mac system's output, even with
a bitmapped picture included, using a LW 4.2 driver.

Two words of advice for those who would try this method:
1. Command-F only works with the LaserWriter driver, which must be selected
   with the Chooser. Since I have no laser printer on my Mac SE, I always get
   warnings about Appletalk. If I am persistent, I will eventually get it to
   settle down. The same sort of behavior may occur when I re-select the
   Imagewriter.
2. Remember that many Mac fonts are just Imagewriter fonts, and look only
   slightly better on a laser printer (if it uses smoothing). Your best bet
   is to use those fonts that are the standard LaserWriter or LaserWriterPlus
   fonts, since those will employ the downloaded (better) fonts.

-- 
Harry S. Delugach   University of Virginia, Dept. of Computer Science
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