[comp.protocols.appletalk] Postscript printer vs. LaserWriter

hammersslammers1@oxy.edu (David J. Harr) (02/21/90)

Funny you should be having a problem printing to a PostScript printer. I
have had a QMS PS-800 (read normal postscript printer,not LaserWriter) thru
which i have printed enough pages to exhaust a cartridge. I guess that means
that I'm not having trouble, huh?

David

drubin@polyof.poly.edu (A1 dave rubin (single) ) (02/22/90)

I would like to know if anyone has had success using a normal Postscript
printer as opposed to a LaserWriter for Mac printing.

We have a QMS-PS Postscript printer attached to a Sun workstation which we
would like to make available to the Macs.  We have successfully implemented
CAP so that lwsrv appears as a LaserWriter to the Macs.  However, it seems
that the Macs cannot print to a normal Postscript printer; only a LaserWriter.

Has anyone successfully used a non-Apple Postscript printer with a Mac?  Is
there some header file that I must prepend to the Mac output file before
sending it to the printer?

Any help would be appreciated.  Please respond via E-mail...

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