zoetrop@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Devan zoetrope MacFarlane) (12/22/90)
Continuing in the grand adventure of trying to generate PostScript code that can be posted, I have combined PostScript images onto a single page with PageMaker 4.0 (on a Mac). I've uploaded these files, and am now getting letters from around the world that say "My printer blinks at me for a minute, then stops. No print, no error, no nothing." So then, When I generated the PostScript from PageMaker I told PM not to include Aldus Prep. When generating PostScript, does PageMaker use Aldus PostScript commands that a printer won't know what do do with if Aldus Prep isn't included in the file? Again and as usual, any help is more than appreciated ... | yakkity yak yak yak yakkity yak | zoetrop@ucscb.UCSC.EDU | | yakkity yak yak yak yak | 6 7 0 3 e . zayante | | yakkity yak yak yak yakkity | felton, ca 9 5 0 1 8 | | --- s t e v e m a r t i n --- | ( 408 ) 335 - 3331 | | -c r u e l s h o e s- | ( 408 ) 335 - 3918 |
sherwin@bimacs.BITNET (Reuven Sherwin) (01/14/91)
In article <10323@darkstar.ucsc.edu> you write: > >Continuing in the grand adventure of trying to generate PostScript code that >can be posted, I have combined PostScript images onto a single page with >PageMaker 4.0 (on a Mac). Ive uploaded these files, and am now getting >letters from around the world that say "My printer blinks at me for a >minute, then stops. No print, no error, no nothing." > >So then, When I generated the PostScript from PageMaker I told PM not to >include Aldus Prep. When generating PostScript, does PageMaker use Aldus >PostScript commands that a printer wont know what do do with if Aldus Prep >isnt included in the file? Well, yes. Basically, when you ask PM *not* to include the Aldus Prep, it goes on using the AldusPrep commands, but doesn't include the AP (AldusPrep) code. The idea in doing that is that if you send many files from PM to a laser printer, it doesn't need the AP code every time, only the first time after startup. So, the first time after startup, you include the AP code, and the other times, you ask for it not to be included. In your case, where you want to post printable PS code, you should treat it as if it is the first time after startup, i.e. you *SHOULD* include the AP code. Hope this is of any help, Reuven. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Reuven Sherwin. Math&Computers student, Bar-Ilan U., Ramat-Gan, Israel. | | Internet: sherwin@bimacs.biu.ac.il | | Bitnet: sherwin@bimacs | | | | Nothing's as smart as Mathemtics of an Italian restaurant... | | (c) Douglas Adams. | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------