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Re: Mac II --> VAX --> LaserWriter

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From: Jeff d'Arcy
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1989 14:55
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ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) writes:
>He says that the PostScript files that are created using the Command-F
>method don't work.  He uploads them to the VAX and then has the VAX
>send the file to the printer ... but the Mac apparently puts extra info
>into the PostScript file that the VAX doesn't like.

Are you sure it's *extra* info rather than *missing* info?  Command-K
adds the contents of Laser Prep to what Command-F produces, and is
generally what you need when printing on an "alien" laser printer.
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Subject: Re: Mac II --> VAX --> LaserWriter
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