Sending 8-bit data to an AppleLaserWriter

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From: Robert Lupton (the Good)
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1991 16:51

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I have some images that I want to send to a laserwriter, and I'd like
to use readstring rather than readhexstring (a factor of two in file
size is significant). 

I can write the file easily enough, and sure enough ghostscript plots 
it for me, but when I send it to the laser writer (hung off a sun on
an rs232 line) I get "undefined" errors. The problem seems to be ^D's
in my data stream, and ^S/^Q is also a problem.

Anyway, have any of you solved this problem? Answers by email please,
and I'll post a summary.

			Robert

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