OS 9 apps dont recognize OSX ps files

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4 total messages Started by Mark_West Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:03

#833

Author: Mark_West
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:03

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Postscript files that I've created from Quark6 or Indesign aren't recognized as postscript files by Distiller or my RIP on OS 9.x Macs.

Does anyone know why?

As a note: I can open the files in Word and save as "text file" and they are then recognized and ripped just fine.

There has got to be a better way!

Re: OS 9 apps dont recognize OSX ps files

#834

Author: Odysseus
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 02:50

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Mark_West@adobeforums.com wrote:
> 
> Postscript files that I've created from Quark6 or Indesign aren't recognized as postscript files by Distiller or my RIP on OS 9.x Macs.
> 
> Does anyone know why?
> 
No, sorry: no OS X experience yet. If there's an equivalent to the
'classic' File Exchange control panel, there may be an option
somewhere in there to mark text files transferred to an OS 9 system
with the appropriate Type code.

> As a note: I can open the files in Word and save as "text file" and they are then recognized and ripped just fine.
> 
> There has got to be a better way!

Does adding a ".ps" or ".txt" suffix to the filename not help?

What about an AppleScript droplet (or AS Folder Action) running on
the OS 9 system, that changes the file-type of anything dropped onto
(or into) it to TEXT? This would be something of a _post facto_
kluge, but at least it would be quick (doesn't need to read the file,
just its Finder Info) & automatic -- and therefore far preferable to
opening & resaving all the time.

-- 
Odysseus

Re: OS 9 apps dont recognize OSX ps files

#835

Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:11

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Mac OS 9 expects PostScript files to have a type "TEXT".  For whatever
reason, Mac OS X, no longer generates PostScript files with type
"TEXT". Hence the problem.

There are utilities (e.g. resedit) that can change the file type
without having to open the file.

Aandi Inston

Re: OS 9 apps dont recognize OSX ps files

#842

Author: Mark_West
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:02

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Thanks Aandi, it looks like you were 100% correct.

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