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An easier solution is to just use the LaserWriter Utility 7.1 available
from ftp.apple.com and on the developer cd-rom.

Robert Cohen
 

Stephen Zisk (zisk@adobe.com) wrote:
: Recently, David Richardson wrote:
: 
: > What is the current best/prefered method to print a color
: > postscript file from a Mac with system 7?  I still have an
: > old "SendPS" (1986!) but that doesn't seem to do the job.
: > I'm printing to a Tectronix printer with it's own driver, if
: > that matters.
: 
: This is not really a PostScript, Level 2, Tektronix, or Tek driver
: problem. It is a problem with SendPS and Mac System 7, but is
: relevant to this group, so I am replying. These comments also
: apply to LaserTalk.
: 
: SendPS exepcts to get access to the current Chooser-level driver
: in the System Folder in order to discover if the device is a
: PostScript device, get its name, and so on. SendPS knows nothing
: of System 7 mods, including the Extensions folder and aliases.
: This also applies to a number of other programs, including LaserTalk.
: Since the LaserWriter (or other) driver is now in the extensions
: folder, SendPS cannot find it.
: 
: The solution is to move LaserWriter (or the Tek driver you select
: with the Chooser) into the System Folder itself. You should also
: make an alias of the driver and put it into the extensions folder,
: so Chooser (and any other program looking in Extensions) will be
: happy. Do not use copies (separate documents would not be updated
: together by Chooser), and do not put the alias in the System Folder
: and the original in the Extensions folder (SendPS would not see
: the alias). You can do this with all Chooser-level PostScript drivers.
: 
: For SendPS, you could also stop using it and use Downloader 5.0.4,
: which knows about System 7, but this will not help for Lasertalk and
: other programs.
: 
: Enjoy!
: Steve Zisk
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