[comp.laser-printers] MacDraw PostScript included in ditroff documents?

mike@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM.UUCP (06/05/87)

Has anyone had any luck including PostScript as generated by MacDraw
into the middle of a ditroff document, using Transcript?  I tried the
following:

(1) capture the Postscript with command-F on the Mac
(2) prepend the LaserPrep file (as written by Brian Reid and stored on Sumex)
to the Mac output.
(3) use the ditroff sequence
        \!%PB
        <appropriate scaling commands>
        .cf <postscript file>
        \!PE
        \!.
as documented to insert the PostScript into the output stream.

Unfortunately, the LaserWriter blinks for a while and then nothing comes
out.  What am I doing wrong?

If I just send the PostScript file straight to the printer, without the
surrounding ditroff, it works fine.

        Mike Caplinger
        mike@bellcore.com
        {decvax,ihnp4}!thumper!mike