[comp.sys.mac] Modifying Laserwriter Print Dialog

shahn@hstbme.mit.edu (Samuel Hahn) (01/10/90)

Here is a VERY useful MacTip from the latest issue of MacUser.

For those of you that constantly create PostScript files with the LaserWriter
Driver, cmd-F no more!

You can easily add a checkbox to the LaserWriter Print dialog.... Using 
ResEdit, open up the DITL -8191 resource AS A DITL template (using "Open As 
Template").  Find the item with the Name "Disk File" and change its "rectangle"
from 0 0 0 0 to 49 320 65 400.

Now when you use the printer driver, you will see a new option, called "Disk
File" that when enabled, will spool the postscript file to disk!   

Note:  The file generated DOES NOT contain the Laser Prep instruction set 
necessary for initialization, if you need to generate a file that does include
these instructions, you still have to use CMD-K.