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Article #6952Re: Imagemask command from ps gives error.
From: Straka
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1988 14:08
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1988 14:08
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In article <3935@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> cloos@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (James H. Cloos Jr.) writes: >Sometimes when printing out documents which incorporate object-orientated >graphics from word-proccessors on the Mac (inc. Word 3.01, & possibly Write >Now & MacWrite), the LaserWriter Plus responds w/ the error: > Offending Postscript command: Imagemask. > >What coases this, & is there any way to get around it. I was told by a friend that this is perhaps caused by poor memory allocation in the LW, and that you must power cycle (not just initialize) the LW to clear out its internal memory. The idea is that things tend to build up in the LW without getting purged. Power cycling of course clears EVERYTHING. I did so when I was having such a problem, and everything worked out just fine. It's not just Word 3.01; other applications also failed printing the same graphics when I was having this problem. I also suppose that some LWs may or may not have the same problem depending on the Postscript release level of the ROMs. Any comments from Apple? -- Rich Straka ihnp4!ihlpf!straka Advice for the day: "MSDOS - just say no."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!ptsfa!pacbell!att-ih!ihnp4!ihlpf!straka From: straka@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Straka) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Imagemask command from ps gives error. Message-ID: <3915@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Date: 7 Mar 88 14:08:43 GMT References: <3935@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Reply-To: straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 25 Keywords: imagemask, laserwriter plus