jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) (10/28/89)
In article <JV.89Oct23153742@mhres.mh.nl| I, jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) wrote: | When I create a PostScript file on Macintosh using the printer driver, | However, when I want this PostScript file to be printed on another | printer, or when I want to preview it using PostScript previewers, | there's no such thing as LaserPrep. | How can I create a PostScript filech is suitable for downloading to | non-LaserWriter printers? Does there exist something like a 'fake' | LaserPrep (or emulator) for this purpose? Lots of people responded with something like: | I picked up this tip very recently: try using Command-K instead of | Command-F when you create the Postscript file on the Mac. Apparently | this will include the Laser Prep stuff needed to preview. Hope this | works for you. Good luck. All of you - thanks a lot, but I knew this already. I was given a pointer to Ed Moy's "psmac" program, which does precisely what I needed: creating printer-independent PostScript files out of Mac-created files. Ed Moy can be reached at edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu . Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------