wain@seac.UUCP (Wain Dobson) (01/04/91)
In article <400@twg.bc.ca> bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin) writes:
=We are trying something new: to print a PageMaker file to a
=postscript printer configured on FILE (rather than a real port),
=then sending the file through a communication program (with DOS
=to Unix file conversion) to our SCO Xenix 2.3.2 system, then do
="lp -dlaser file_name".
=
Somehow in all this, I imagine that "laser" is a postscript
interface and that you have a postscript cartdige, etc. in
the laser jet. Or "laser" is actually a translator, translating
the ps into hpcl. Hopefully!!!
--
Wain Dobson, Vancouver, B.C.
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bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin) (01/05/91)
Well this turned out to be easy. We had configured the printer in Windows to be Encapsulated Postscript, rather than Printer. After setting it to Printer, all went smoothly. I even tried two versions of the print file; one converted from DOS to Unix format and the other not. They both produced identical looking output on the laser. Thanks for the many email replies. I hope I remembered to answer each one. If anyone else is having trouble printing to a file in Windows 3, transfer file to Unix host, then print on postscript laser, I would be happy to reply to an email request for our configuration settings. -- Bill Irwin - The Westrheim Group - Vancouver, BC, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ uunet!van-bc!twg!bill (604) 431-9600 (voice) | UNIX Systems bill@twg.bc.ca (604) 430-4329 (fax) | Integration