bryan@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Dale Bryan) (11/29/88)
how do you print a postscript file from a mac II to a laserwriter where the postscript file has no application associated with it. bryan@marlin.nosc.mil
bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) (11/29/88)
In article <1097@marlin.NOSC.MIL> bryan@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Dale Bryan) writes:
#how do you print a postscript file from a mac II to a laserwriter
#where the postscript file has no application associated with it.
#
Oddly, I had to help someone do this very thing today, and I
had never done it. We read the file using Microsoft Word 3.02,
gave the whole thing the "PostScript" style (described in the
manual) and printed it. It worked fine.
Bill Jefferys
--
Glend. I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hot. Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you
do call for them? -- Henry IV Pt. I, III, i, 53billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger) (11/29/88)
In article <3416@utastro.UUCP> bill@astro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) writes: >In article <1097@marlin.NOSC.MIL> bryan@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Dale Bryan) writes: >#how do you print a postscript file from a mac II to a laserwriter >#where the postscript file has no application associated with it. ># >Oddly, I had to help someone do this very thing today, and I >had never done it. We read the file using Microsoft Word 3.02, >gave the whole thing the "PostScript" style (described in the >manual) and printed it. It worked fine. It is easier to just use 'SendPS'. It is an application, I'm not sure if it is available or not. It DOES come with Cricket Draw, though. +----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Steve Bollinger | Internet: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu | | 4297 Sulgrave Dr. +------+---------------------------------------------+ | Swartz Creek, Mi. 48473 | "My employer doesn't take my opinion any | +-----------------------------+ more seriously than you do." | | "You remember the IIe, it +---------------------------------------------+ | was the machine Apple made before they decided people didn't need | | machines with big screens, color, or slots." | | - Harry Anderson (from NBC's Night Court) | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
SCHWER@KL.SRI.COM (Len Schwer) (11/29/88)
You need the Adobe Program SendPS which is PD and can be down loaded via anonymous FTP from SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU and other Mac BBoards. --Len Schwer
edwards@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ken Jenkins) (12/02/88)
In article <3416@utastro.UUCP>, bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) writes: > In article <1097@marlin.NOSC.MIL> bryan@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Dale Bryan) writes: > #how do you print a postscript file from a mac II to a laserwriter > #where the postscript file has no application associated with it. > # > Oddly, I had to help someone do this very thing today, and I > had never done it. We read the file using Microsoft Word 3.02, > gave the whole thing the "PostScript" style (described in the > manual) and printed it. It worked fine. There are a number of PS file downloaders available. Some are in the public domain, others are commercial. SendPS by ADOBE is rather bare bones but does what you need it to do, which is bypass the print manager eliminating the LaserPrep madness. It also generates a text file containing any errors sent back by the printer (usually some pleasant little %%Offending command /youfigureitout/). You can get along very nicely with a DA text editor (like MockWrite) and SendPS is you just want to play around a little. For more serious development I use a product called LaserTalk which allows you to examine the stack contents on the fly, work in interactive mode (over LocalTalk) and through some clever slight of hand sends you files to the printer for interpretation and then retrieves the image from VM and displays it at 300 dpi on the Mac (of course you're going to do a bit of scrolling around to see it all unless you scale it :-). Working in the mode just described however requires that you have the LW tied up exclusively while you are working in that LT loads its own dictionary to perform its magic. Some other nice features are the ability to examine dictionaries and stacks in single-step mode so you can see how screwed up you've gotten your stack objectives (something, which through much practice I have become extremely skilled at :-). Also ADOBE distributes a DL program with every font package which can be use to DL your own PS programs as well. There is even a DA which will stuff a PS file (no frills) out your node. I like LaserTalk but you may find it "pricy" if you're not doing much PS programming. Whatever you do, as Bill mentioned, try to form a habit of sticking to the conventions ADOBE has published for Encapsulated PostScript. It's not absolutely necessary if you're just DL'ing small files for your own fun and amusement, but if you expect your files to get along in the world, many applications expect "civilized" code :-) > Bill Jefferys Hi Bill, haven't seen you over here before. I would have asked for those N/S charts in PS format ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: My name is Ken Jenkins and I am here as a guest of Bruce Edwards to whom this account belongs. Although he may be interested or even amused by my ramblings, he should not be held accountable for them in any way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Jenkins (as a guest of Bruce Edwards) CSNET: edwards@bgsu.edu ARPANET: edwards@andy.bgsu.edu UUCP: ..!osu-cis!bgsuvax!edwards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bill@ut-emx.UUCP (Bill Jefferys) (12/16/88)
I've gotten some requests about how to use headers and footers to
put frames around overhead transparencies in MS Word 3.0x. Here is
a short binhexed-stuffit file with a sample template I use for
my Space Telescope transparencies. You can replace the footer
(where the frame exists) with your own version. I use the outliner
as a handy way to reorder the transparencies before I finally print
them.
Bill Jefferys
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