aae391aa@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (10/10/89)
Has anyone out there tried using the "Encapsulated PostScript" files that are produced when typing Command-F when printing to a Laser Printer? I'm getting that to work correctly, but how does one actually send the files that are created to the printer itself? I try selecting the PostScript file in the Finder and use the "Print" command -- it opened up MPW and printed the actual text of the PostScript rather than sending it directly to the printer. Any suggestions? Thanks much. Erik A. Johnson johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) (10/10/89)
In article <20200056@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>, Erik A. Johnson <johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> writes: >Has anyone out there tried using the "Encapsulated PostScript" files that are >produced when typing Command-F when printing to a Laser Printer? I'm getting >that to work correctly, but how does one actually send the files that are >created to the printer itself? I try selecting the PostScript file in the >Finder and use the "Print" command -- it opened up MPW and printed the actual >text of the PostScript rather than sending it directly to the printer. A few solutions, preceded by a nitpick: nitpick -- the files produced by holing down the 'f' key are not "Encapsulated Postscript" files. An EPSF is a postscript file which has a PICT resource embedded in it for screen display of the graphic in programs that can't image postscript (ie. most everything). The file you get when you hit 'f' is straight postscript w/o the PICT inclusion. (I *told* you it was a nitpick. :-) To print the beasties: (these are each solutions individually, not steps) a) Open the text file in Microsoft Word and set the entire thing to style "postscript". Then print normally. (This is not for everyone; personally, the sight of raw postscript code makes me ill, but to each his/her own...) b) Use Adobe's SendPS or Font Downloader utilities to download the text file to the printer, where it will print as postscript. Both of these should be available from info-mac or from anyone who has ever purchased an adobe font. c) Use the LaserStatus DA to download the file. LaserStatus is part of DiskTop, from CE Software. If you don't have it, you should. I'm sure there are other solutions, some slightly offbeat (my favorite: get an RS-232 cable and a terminal emulator and plug the mac right into the laserwriter [setting the serial emulation on the printer, of course] and simply blast the postscript program over), but that's three workable ones off the top of my head. yours, -mike
gelphman@adobe.COM (David Gelphman) (10/13/89)
In article <EZAJtMO00WBKQ34JNi@andrew.cmu.edu> mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) writes: >A few solutions, preceded by a nitpick: >nitpick -- the files produced by holing down the 'f' key are not >"Encapsulated Postscript" files. An EPSF is a postscript file which has >a PICT resource embedded in it for screen display of the graphic in >programs that can't image postscript (ie. most everything). The file >you get when you hit 'f' is straight postscript w/o the PICT inclusion. >(I *told* you it was a nitpick. :-) Actually an EPS file is not required to have a screen preview although it is strongly recomended. You are correct in saying that the file created by the command-f shortcut are not EPS. EPS files are required to obey certain conventions that the PostScript language files created by the Apple LaserWriter driver currently does not follow. These are rules which allow a document to be imbedded into another document in a reliable fashion. We make the EPS spec available to those who request it. I just posted another message about the way to obtain it so go back a message or two if you are looking for the spec. David Gelphman Adobe Systems Incorporated