Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!decwrl!adobe!gelphman From: gelphman@adobe.COM (David Gelphman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: How do I print Mac PostScript on the NeXT Printer? Message-ID: <1253@adobe.UUCP> Date: 30 Sep 89 06:53:42 GMT References: <1989Sep18.033423.7053@lighthouse.com> <11843@polya.Stanford.EDU> <1221@adobe.UUCP> Reply-To: gelphman@adobe.UUCP (David Gelphman) Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View Lines: 26 In article <1221@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.COM (Glenn Reid) writes: >In article <1989Sep18.033423.7053@lighthouse.com> Roger Rock Rosner writes: >>We would like to be able to print PostScript files generated by Mac >>programs (like MacDraw and MacPaint) on our NeXT Printer. Is there >>any software out there to simulate the PostScript functions with which >>Apple initializes printers? > >I don't know how well these will work for you, but I hacked up the >following "simulations" of some LaserWriter built-in features so >that I could work with Mac-generated PostScript files on my Display >PostScript work-brew system (it's not a NeXT, but it is Display >PostScript). I forget which version of LaserPrep this was written >to defend itself against; give it a try: Users of the Macintosh who wish to move the PostScript files generated by the LaserWriter driver will benefit greatly by using the lastest version of the LaserWriter driver, version 6.0. I've been able to use 'command-k' generated files from that version of the driver directly in Display PostScript environments, although I haven't tried it on the NeXT machine. Regarding the use of carriage returns instead of linefeed characters: this is perfectly acceptable in the PostScript language. Newline characters are not required to be linefeeds: cr, lf, and crlf are acceptable newline characters to the PostScript interpreter. David Gelphman Adobe Systems Incorporated