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Mac LaserWriter files on HP LaserJet??

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From: Steve Heitke
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:02
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I recently *found* some postscript files that I would like to print on a
HP LaserJet IIIsi, the problem is the files were done on a MAC.  The files
specify the LaserWriter II as the printer, the following was clipped from
the top of one of the files:

	%! *** Created by macps: 
	/macps save def
	%!PS-Adobe-2.0
	%%Title: 
	%%Creator: Aldus FreeHand 2.02
	%%CreationDate: 
	%%Pages: (atend)
	%%BoundingBox: ? ? ? ?
	%%PageBoundingBox: 30 31 582 761
	%%BeginProcSet: "(AppleDict md)" 68 0
	%!
	%%Title: "Laser Prep -- The Apple PostScript Dictionary (md)"
	%%Creator: Apple Software Engineering
	%%CreationDate: 
	%{appledict version #68 0
	% (C) CopyRight Apple Computer, Inc. 1984,1985,1986,1987,1988 
	% All Rights Reserved.
	%%EndComments

	<stuff deleted>

	... statusdict begin product(LaserWriter II)anchorsearch end

	<more stuff deleted>

My question is, How can I re-convert these to print on a HP LaserJet?  I see the
files are already wrapped with "macps" and "Laser Prep" was used on them to add
the LaserWriter II as the printer.  I tried changing the LaserWriter stuff to 
LaserJet but it didn't work.  I also tried re-running "macps" and "prepfix" to
add the LaserJet but "prepfix" blew away more than half of my test file!  Any
ideas or suggestions other than "forget it" are welcome, thanks.

-Steve
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		Steve Heitke   -   heitke@tellabs.com
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Subject: Mac LaserWriter files on HP LaserJet??
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