dinapoli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ron DiNapoli) (03/22/91)
In article <1991Mar21.221116.15604@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dinapoli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ron DiNapoli) writes: >There's been a lot of talk about generating PostScript files, and how to >modify the LaserWriter driver to send PostScript over a Serial Port. After >getting a IIsi I realized I could use my old non-Mac system (with its >laser printer capable of printing PostScript files) as a printer for my Mac. >After writing a small program on the old system to read in a file from the >serial port and send it to the printer, I modified the LaserWriter (well, >a copy of it) driver as documented in previous posts to send POstScript >over the serial port. It all worked fine until a tried printing an 8-page >document from MS-Word 3.02. When printed, there were 4-5 lines missing from >various places. I verified that it wasn't a problem with the little program >I had written to receive the file over the serial line, so I began to wonder >if the Mac might be screwing up. I set the current printer back to the >original LaserWriter driver and tried to generate a PostScript file on the >Mac by hitting cmd-f. When I looked out the PostScript0 file that was >generated after doing this, it was missing the same lines that were missing >from the printed text. Anyone have an explanation for this? The driver version >is 5.2. There has been mention of a 6.0 LaserWriter driver, but I can't seem >to find it. The version on my system disk (that came with the IIsi) is >Version 5.2. Any suggestions?? > >Ron D. > > Please disregard this post. The problem turned out to be that I had a 7" wide text area with a .75" left margin and a 1" right margin. It doesn't take a math major to see that this adds up to 8.75" when the page width is only 8.5". When I adjusted the margins to .75" each, everything worked fine. Ron D.