bill@hao.UCAR.EDU (Bill Roberts) (09/04/87)
I was wondering if anyone knows how to transfer a file from a Mac to a
Postscript printer tied into an Ethernet. I've got macget and macput (I don't
recall which one does the uploading). I can upload a Mac file to UNIX and find
it broken down into three components: .rsrc, .info, .data.
It seems like it ought to be possible to recombine the forks and build a
Mac file in the UNIX environment and send that Mac file to a Postscript Laser
printer.
Has anyone done anything like this? Thanks for any input on this issue.
--Bill
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"... the Eagle Wing palace of the Great ChinaCat"campoly@violet.berkeley.edu (Mr. Science) (09/04/87)
In article <880@hao.UCAR.EDU> bill@hao.UCAR.EDU (Bill Roberts) writes: > > I was wondering if anyone knows how to transfer a file from a Mac to a >Postscript printer tied into an Ethernet. I've got macget and macput (I don't >recall which one does the uploading). I can upload a Mac file to UNIX and find >it broken down into three components: .rsrc, .info, .data. > It seems like it ought to be possible to recombine the forks and build a >Mac file in the UNIX environment and send that Mac file to a Postscript Laser >printer. > Has anyone done anything like this? Thanks for any input on this issue. > >--Bill If you're going to print out a file from the Mac, I assume that it is a text file and not a binary file (text file could be a PostScript program). In this case, you should use the -u option with macget (on UNIX, macget "gets" a file from the Mac, macput "puts" a file on to the Mac). This option specifies UNIX mode, which uploads a text file converting carriage returns into UNIX newline characters and giving the uploaded file a suffix of .text (you get just this one file). Procedure: On UNIX, enter the command macget -u On Mac, send file xxxx using MacTerminal protocol The file is uploaded to UNIX and is given the name xxxx.text More thoughts -- If you want to print a Mac document, you should first create a PostScript file on the Mac before uploading. (Hold down Command-F or Command-K while selecting OK from Print Dialog Box -- Command_k gives you the Laser Prep header in addition the stuff for your document). Make sure that your PostScript printer can handle a Mac PostScript program. The DataProducts Laser Printer that we have here has a PostScript Driver but can't handle Mac Stuff (seems that the Mac uses some special features relating to fonts that this printer doesn't support). Hope this helps. -- Greg
hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Jeff R Hallett) (09/04/87)
In article <880@hao.UCAR.EDU> bill@hao.UCAR.EDU (Bill Roberts) writes: > > I was wondering if anyone knows how to transfer a file from a Mac to a >Postscript printer tied into an Ethernet. I've got macget and macput (I don't >recall which one does the uploading). I can upload a Mac file to UNIX and find >it broken down into three components: .rsrc, .info, .data. > It seems like it ought to be possible to recombine the forks and build a >Mac file in the UNIX environment and send that Mac file to a Postscript Laser >printer. Don't really need to. If you use 'macget -u' to upload, it will not break the file into the three "forks". Your PostScript file is ASCII anyway, so this doesn't matter. Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: I do not guarantee the validity of the content, meaning, or nature of anything in this message as my own sanity may be in doubt. My employer doesn't either and probably won't admit they employ me if called. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~