dchun@aludra.usc.edu (Dale Chun) (03/08/91)
Does anyone know how to redirect postscript output from a Macintosh to a disk file to be uploaded to a Sun workstation or IBM-PC? Of course, this is without any serious hacking or modification to the software. I would like to know this information within 3-days. This is for a class project and the professor doesn't know how to use a Macintosh or what a Macintosh is. If there is such a way, please send mail to: dchun@aludra.usc.edu. Thanks in advance for any information. ...dale PS. Please, no flames. If so, I'll torch you. Hehe! Dale C. Chun University of Southern California Computer Science Los Angeles, California.
mhowitt@pro-angmar.UUCP (Matt Howitt) (03/10/91)
In-Reply-To: message from dchun@aludra.usc.edu
Dale,
I'm sure you're going to be innundated with answers to this question, but
this in an excerpt from the Macintosh Questions and Answered available in
the comp.sys.mac.announce newsgroup.
Q: How do I print PostScript to a file instead of a laser printer?
A: Make sure that the LaserWriter is chosen in the Chooser DA (even if
you don't have a LaserWriter). Immediately after clicking OK in the
Print dialog box, press and hold the `f' key (`k' if you want the
LaserPrep header information included in the document). You should
see a dialog box telling you that a postscript file is being created.
The file will be named ``Postscript0'' and you may need to use the
Find File DA (or equivalent) to locate it. You can then send it to a
LaserWriter on a Mac using a program called SendPS. For use on Unix
systems with other PostScript printers, check out the program macps,
available from sumex and other places.
If you're running MultiFinder, this will only work if you have
background printing turned off.
For a lot more information about generating PostScript on the Mac,
check out the file /info-mac/tips/generating-postscript.txt from
sumex-aim.stanford.edu. (If you don't understand what I just said,
see the question on FTP below.) This file has a lot of useful
information and is definitely worth your time and effort to get.
There you go! Hope it is helpful.
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