[comp.text.desktop] Getting PostScript on a Mac

news@sun.UUCP (07/23/88)

There are two ways of getting a PostScript file from Mac applications.
The first is to hold down the COMMAND and K keys immediately after clicking
"OK" in the final printer dialog box.  This will create a file called
PostScript (or PostScriptn where n=a number if you have a newer finder).
This file contains both the PostScript code for the graphic, but also the
prep file as a header.  If you hold down the COMMAND and F keys instead,
you'll get just the graphic.

Pat Wood
Editor, The PostScript Language Journal
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news@sun.uucp (news) (07/27/88)

> The first is to hold down the COMMAND and K keys immediately after clicking

I believe that what you actually get is the PostScript plus the
LaserPrep file.

> "OK" in the final printer dialog box.  This will create a file called
> PostScript (or PostScriptn where n=a number if you have a newer finder).
> This file contains both the PostScript code for the graphic, but also the
> prep file as a header.  If you hold down the COMMAND and F keys instead,
> you'll get just the graphic.

Command F gets you the PostScript without the LaserPrep file.
				
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