ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) (07/25/89)
A colleague on campus has a Mac II connected via a serial line to a VAX, which is in turn connected via a serial line to a LaserWriter. He says that the PostScript files that are created using the Command-F method don't work. He uploads them to the VAX and then has the VAX send the file to the printer ... but the Mac apparently puts extra info into the PostScript file that the VAX doesn't like. That's about as complete an understanding as I have ... Can anyone help me sort this out? Can he print Mac-created files on his LaserWriter without buying additional hardware? John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Specialist / Computing Center / 494-1787
darcy@tci.UUCP (Jeff d'Arcy) (07/26/89)
ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) writes: >He says that the PostScript files that are created using the Command-F >method don't work. He uploads them to the VAX and then has the VAX >send the file to the printer ... but the Mac apparently puts extra info >into the PostScript file that the VAX doesn't like. Are you sure it's *extra* info rather than *missing* info? Command-K adds the contents of Laser Prep to what Command-F produces, and is generally what you need when printing on an "alien" laser printer. -- Jeff d'Arcy ...!uunet!tci!darcy (508) 443-7311 x283 TCI is not responsible for my opinions, nor I for theirs
paul@steven.COM (paul) (07/28/89)
In article <2780@mace.cc.purdue.edu>, ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) writes: > A colleague on campus has a Mac II connected via a serial line to a VAX, > which is in turn connected via a serial line to a LaserWriter. > > He says that the PostScript files that are created using the Command-F > method don't work. He uploads them to the VAX and then has the VAX > send the file to the printer ... but the Mac apparently puts extra info > into the PostScript file that the VAX doesn't like. > If you are using VMS on your VAX try /FORM=RAWDATA when you print. You can also check HELP PRINT to see what other options are available. We were having a similar problem sending data to a Tektronix 4510 rasterizer. The VMS print utility would just hold it in the queue and wouldn't let anything through with one of these files. .