printing postscript files

[Paul Stath]

davisd at cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (Dug) writes:

>Hi,
>  I was wondering if anyone out there prints Mac generated postscript
>files using Unix.  I've been trying with no luck.  Here's what I do:
>	Usually from inside MS Word 4.0, at the print dialog after clicking
>	OK I hit command-K.  It creates a postscript file, and then I
>	kermit the file over to Unix.  I then use "lpr" and the file
>	prints as if it was a text file. I get pages and pages of
>	postsciprt commands.
>  Is there something I'm forgetting to do?
>-Dug

Dug-

	We have been able to do this quite simply at our site.  There are
	several things that you have to do.  The first is to get a copy of
	the LaserPrep file over to the Unix machine.  You can do this
	using kermit if LaserPrep is a text file?  (I can't remember now)
	You then need to create the PostScript file as you describe above,
	with the command-K option, and ship that to the Unix machine via
	Kermit.  Next you need a printer interface that either
	assumes your file is PostScript, or knows the difference between
	plain text and PostScript.  Then use `cat' to send the LaserPrep
	file and the MSWord4.0 PostScript file to the printer.
		(i.e.   cat laserprep.ps msword.ps | lpr -dPostScript )

	If you get loads of PostScript code printed as regular text, then
	the printer interface doesn't know about PostScript, and is converting
	the 'text' of the PostScript code to PostScript, (Is this recursion??)
	or your printer is in some kinda emulation mode which doesn't
	process PostScript.  Use a small 1 page test PostScript file to
	find out if, how and under what conditions your Unix printer will
	process PostScript.  We ran our PostScript printer here for a
	long time in Diablo emulation mode until we purchased TranScript
	from Adobe.

	(p.s.  I would do several files at one time, only sending the
		laserprep file the first time.  After this I would power
		cycle the printer to free up the virtual memory taken
		by the laserprep prolog.
	)
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