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Re: VMS Scriptprinter queue to a file

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From: James Wilkinson
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 06:09
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In article <1991Mar7.184554.819@vixvax.mgi.com>, schoenzeit@vixvax.mgi.com (Loren Schoenzeit) writes:
> 
> 	On a VAX/VMS system:
> 
> 	I would like to send the output from a DEC Scriptprinter Queue to
> 	a file.  In the file I would like to capture the PostScript that
> 	would be going to the laser printer.  This file could then be
> 	viewed in the DECwindows CDA Viewer, etc ...

Try the following:

$ convert /document textfile/format=text postscriptfile/format=ps
$ view /interface=decwindows postscriptfile/format=ps

Do this instead of using the ScriptPrinter software explicitly.

JaW

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