km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg) (04/06/86)
I know this a topic that has been discussed before, but I don't think I have heard a definitive answer. I would like to take the postscript output generated by a Mac including output with bitmaps (say from macpaint) and print them on an Apple Laserwriter not attached to Appletalk. I currently have a postscript header that can be prepended to Mac-generated postscript output, and provides the necessary quickdraw definitions. It works on everything except the bitmaps. Apparently the reason for this is that Apple considers its bit smoothing algorithm for printing bitmaps on the laserwriter proprietary, and on Appletalk the Mac actualy downloads some 68000 machine code to do the work. What seems to be needed is a header with this code that can be downloaded from the RS-232, with the other quickdraw definitions. Failing this, I guess a substitute postscript routine to approximate it would probably do. Has anyone worked this out? -- Ken Mandelberg Emory University Dept of Math and CS Atlanta, Ga 30322 {akgua,sb1,gatech,decvax}!emory!km USENET km@emory CSNET km.emory@csnet-relay ARPANET