rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu (07/13/89)
/* Written 12:05 pm Jun 30, 1989 by freek@mel.fwi.uva.nl in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac */ /* ---------- "Re: Dumping Postscript to Disk rath" ---------- */ In article <1277@csdev.Challenger.COM> eric@csdev.Challenger.COM (Eric Huppertz) writes: >Immediately after clicking the OK button in the print dialog, press >and hold command-F until it says 'creating postscript(r) file.' Also, in that same print dialog (i.e. DITL ID = -8191) of the LaserWriter (I use version 5.2), there is a check box (item #22) that says "Disk File". However, it is very cleverly hidden (at the origin). /* End of text from m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac */ OK, I give up. How do I get the disk file checkbox to appear? It doesn't show up in Resedit in the dialog box, and although I can find the text 'disk file' when I do "open general" in ResEdit, I have no idea what I need to change in that format to make it visible. David Rudolph rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu University of Illinois
jness@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Joel Ness) (07/14/89)
In answer to how to actually <get> the "Disk File" Dialog Item to show
up in the LaserWriter 5.2 dialog box:
1. Open up DITL #-8191
2. Choose "Select Item Number" from the DITL menu which now appears
3. Enter "22" in the box and press return
4. Choose "Open as Dialog Item" from the File menu
You should now see a window listing information on the "Disk File"
item. Notice the location coordinates are all set at zero.
5. Enter 72,327,90,404 for top,left,bottom,right and close the window.
The "Disk File" item should now appear in your DITL window.
6. Move the "Disk File" item and resize it to how you'd like it
(My numbers above just represent where I ended up putting it).
7. Close up your windows and say "Yes" to "Save Changes?"
This should work. When you print with this item checked you should now
get numbered Postscript files (i.e. Postscript0, Postscript1, etc)
appearing in your System Folder.
Hope this helps,
Joel Ness INTERNET: jness@ub.d.umn.edu
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University of Minnesota, Duluthdplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) (07/15/89)
In article <1301@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> jness@ub.d.umn.edu.UUCP (Joel Ness) writes: > In answer to how to actually <get> the "Disk File" Dialog Item to show > up in the LaserWriter 5.2 dialog box: > ..... > This should work. When you print with this item checked you should now > get numbered Postscript files (i.e. Postscript0, Postscript1, etc) > appearing in your System Folder. This little feature has one very nice characteristic: it works even if background printing is enabled. If you turn on the "Disk file" option from within the Print dialog box, the LaserWriter driver will spool your QuickDraw picture, and the PrintMonitor will wake up and write the PostScript file as a background operation. The classic trick for generating a PostScript disk file (holding down F or K after clicking OK) does _not_ work if background printing is enabled. -- Dave Platt FIDONET: Dave Platt on 1:204/444 VOICE: (415) 493-8805 UUCP: ...!{ames,sun,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@uunet.uu.net USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
jhc@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (07/15/89)
In article <8400134@m.cs.uiuc.edu> rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: [del'ed] |Also, in that same print dialog (i.e. DITL ID = -8191) of the |LaserWriter (I use version 5.2), there is a check box (item #22) that |says "Disk File". However, it is very cleverly hidden (at the |origin). | |/* End of text from m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac */ | |OK, I give up. How do I get the disk file checkbox to appear? It doesn't show |up in Resedit in the dialog box, and although I can find the text 'disk file' |when I do "open general" in ResEdit, I have no idea what I need to change in that |format to make it visible. When editing the dialog, select the resource by number (via the menu), and then Get Info. You'll get the resource info box that lists the position at 0,0 0,0. Change those 0s to something that will be large enough to click in; at this point you can click in, and therefore resize & drag the resource. Move it where you want it, and resize it large enough so it shows up completely. -JimC -- James H. Cloos, Jr. "Entropy isn't what it used to be." jhc@Crnlvax5.BITNET --c/o Fortune @ batcomputer.UUCP jhc@Vax5.CIT.Cornell.EDU #include <std_disclaimers.h> cornell!vax1!vax5.cit.cornell.edu!jhc@rochester.UUCP B-7 Upson Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853 +1 607 272 4519
david.dmytryshyn@f428.n250.z1.fidonet.org (david dmytryshyn) (07/16/89)
> In answer to how to actually <get> the "Disk File" Dialog Item to show > up in the LaserWriter 5.2 dialog box: Has the obvious been asked yet? Why is it hidden? Is this a prize for learning how to use Resedit? Or does Apple just like to see 100's of people sitting there pressing F or K fast and furiously after hitting OK. Or will the results of checking the box change over time, leaving me with an erased hard disk, or perhaps an x-rated postscript file... Any answers? David.. Send a self-addressed stamped envelope, and I'll mail my signature to you. --- FD 2.00 * Origin: Synaptic Communications (1:250/428)