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Re: sending ps files from Mac 7.0 using TCP lpr

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From: Larry Edwards
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 17:58
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Ken Lui told us how to modify "LaserWriter" (v7.x) on the Mac so that  
PostScript files will print on the NeXT.  I have found that just deleting the  
line 
%%BoundingBox: ? ? ? ? 
will make the file printable on the NeXT.  (It is still not conforming  
PostScript, for example, it prints out backwards.)  The resulting file (without  
the BoundingBox: line) will print not only on a NeXT but also on the Mac and  
PC-DOS.  I tested using a PostScript version of a one page and 5 page Mac 7.0  
WordPerfect document.
I take heart in doing this from the following statement on page 268 of the  
November 1988 Adobe "Red Book."  "The bounding box information is not  
especially useful for a multiple-page document.  In that case, the values given  
should enclose the marks painted on all the pages combined; or the  
'BoundingBox' comment should be omitted altogether."
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From: ledwards@nsf.gov (Larry Edwards)
Subject: Re: sending ps files from Mac 7.0 using TCP lpr
Message-ID: <1992Apr15.175826.22952@n1.nsf.gov>
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 17:58:26 GMT
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