deb@elli.cs.cornell.edu (David Baraff) (01/05/91)
Has anyone managed to do the following? We're trying to use the 'psfig' command in LaTex to include some PostScript produced by the printer driver of MacDraw, on a Mac. There seems to be some trouble in that in order to just print the MacDraw image, you must have the Apple Dictionary. So, if we just do something like cat appledict.ps macfile.ps | lpr we get an OK image, where appledict.ps is a file containing the apple dictionary, captured from a Mac. But when we try to include macfile.ps in a LaTex document, we can't print the resulting file. We've tried putting appledict.ps in the macfile.ps, so the whole thing is included as one unit by Latex. Doesn't work. We've also tried just sticking appledict.ps in front of the output produced by LaTex, and sending that to the printer. Also doesn't work. So, has anyone managed to incorporate MacDraw produced PostScript using LaTex? David Baraff deb@cs.cornell.edu
wschen@zsazsa.usc.edu (Wai-Sheou Chen) (01/06/91)
I suggest the following procedures: 1. Use "\special" or "\epsf" command in the latex to include this PS file. 2. Use "dvips" not "dvi2ps" to convert the dvi file into PS file. 3 Then print out that PS file on the PostScript printer. Sometimes the above procedures do not work due to different printers. For example, it works when the printer is APPLE Laser II NT but it does not work for DEC Laser printers. Anyway try it ! Univ. of Southern California Department of Electrical Engineering wschen@zsazsa.usc.edu