sfleming@cs.hw.ac.uk (Stewart T. Fleming) (03/21/91)
I downloaded System 6.0.7 and TrueType from apple.com a couple of days
back. Mostly I'm quite happy with it, but I tripped over something odd
when printing.
The setup I have here is a Mac SE/30 connected via serial line to a
DECStation 5200 running Ultrix 4.0. The default laser printer is a NEC
SilentWriter S60P.
I use 'macps' to preprocess PS files before printing.
I uploaded LaserPrep and stored it as a 'macps' ProcSet. Then I
generated PostScript for a Microsoft Word document and uploaded that,
then ran it through macps. The DECStations have an Adobe standard
PostScript previewer for use with X windows, so I previewed the
document. Looked fine.
Printing to the SilentWriter gave :
response: %%[ Error: invalidaccess; OffendingCommand: setdefaulttimeouts ]%%
response: %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
I commented out the following lines in the uploaded LaserPrep :
wtkey{statusdict begin/setdefaulttimeouts where{pop 0 60 300
setdefaulttimeouts}if end}if
and everything works.
I suspect that I shouldn't have to do this (!). Is there an easier way
to get PostScript from the mac to a laser printer on a Unix box ? I
heard some comments about a 'Print To File' button in the LaserWriter
Print box, but I didn't see anything....
Thanks for any help,
Stewart
ps Thanks to the guys who run the ftp service at apple.com !
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