tjt@samedi.tis.llnl.gov (Tim Tessin) (05/27/89)
A/UX 1.1 claims to support printing from Mac programs running under A/UX. However, you need third party hardware, and god only knows what other voodo to get it working right. I have solved my problem using another approach. Using some public domain software (macps) I got from the net, I make a postscript file using <Command>-F in the print menu and massage it so I can just feed it to my printer spooler. <Command>-F produces a "mac" Postscript file, from which I strip off the first 256 bytes. "macps" converts the carrage returns to unix newlines and inserts the LaserPrep stuff. I have a script to do all this work to make life easier. It works great except for a couple of things. First, the <Command-F> produces a file "PostscriptN" in /usr/lib/mac (the "system" folder equivalent on A/UX). Is there any way to cause this to go anywhere else and maybe with a different name? Second, psrev won't reverse the pages of the resulting postscript file. Well, it reverses the pages, but the file won't print. Things appear to be identical except for the ordering of page sections in the file. Anyone know why the printer gives up after "psrev" massages it? I suggest this method to anyone on a network sharing UNIX postscript printers and wants to print Mac documents. BTW MS Word 4.0 runs great under A/UX. I people can't get a hold of macps from the net archives, let me know via Mail. If I get enough requests I'll repost it. Tim Tessin - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PHONE: (415) 423-4560 ARPA: tjt@tis.llnl.gov UUCP: {ames,lll-crg,lll-lcc,mordor}!lll-tis!tjt From: tjt@samedi.tis.llnl.gov (Tim Tessin) Path: samedi.tis.llnl.gov!tjt Newsgroups: comp.sys.aux Subject: Printing in A/UX Reply-To: tjt@tis.llnl.gov (Tim Tessin) Distribution: world A/UX 1.1 claims to support printing from Mac programs running under A/UX. However, you need third party hardware, and god only knows what other voodo to get it working right. I have solved my problem using another approach. Using some public domain software (macps) I got from the net, I make a postscript file using <Command>-F in the print menu and massage it so I can just feed it to my printer spooler. <Command>-F produces a "mac" Postscript file, from which I strip off the first 256 bytes. "macps" converts the carrage returns to unix newlines and inserts the LaserPrep stuff. I have a script to do all this work to make life easier. It works great except for a couple of things. First, the <Command-F> produces a file "PostscriptN" in /usr/lib/mac (the "system" folder equivalent on A/UX). Is there any way to cause this to go anywhere else and maybe with a different name? Second, psrev won't reverse the pages of the resulting postscript file. Well, it reverses the pages, but the file won't print. Things appear to be identical except for the ordering of page sections in the file. Anyone know why the printer gives up after "psrev" massages it? I suggest this method to anyone on a network sharing UNIX postscript printers and wants to print Mac documents. BTW MS Word 4.0 runs great under A/UX. I people can't get a hold of macps from the net archives, let me know via Mail. If I get enough requests I'll repost it. Tim Tessin - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PHONE: (415) 423-4560 ARPA: tjt@tis.llnl.gov UUCP: {ames,lll-crg,lll-lcc,mordor}!lll-tis!tjt