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(Aaarrrgghhh!!!)

I have a couple of papers written on a MacIntosh system (MacWrite and
Word). I always thought that the Mac programs would produce normal
Postscript but that just does not seem to be the case - UNFORTUNATELY.

When I print the output to a file (instead on a LaserWriter) then
I am not able to print this MAC-Postscript file on a normal
laser printer (or display it on a screen with ghostscript).

I know that the problem is the missing laserprep file. UNFORTUNATELY,
the laserprep file on the Mac is copy protected (I don't know why).

We have NewsPrint software that includes a laserprep clone and I tried
it. In fact, I succeeded to include the laserprep file with the command
 newsprint/bin/pl --r --e /bin/cat file.macps :epsf_filter :laserprep > file.ps

Not too bad, BUT the file will continue not to be printable. The
Postscript interpreter complains about the very first command:

   Error: /invalidaccess in def                 :-(
   Operand stack:
       /LW  999
   Execution stack:
      %interp_exit    --nostringval--  --nostringval--  false  --nostringval--  --nostringval--  --nostringval--
   Dictionary stack:
       399/479  4/200  399/479

(generated by ghostscript)


Mmmh. CAN anybody give me a hint how I can convert MAC-ps to ordinary ps??


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