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Article #2100Re: Mac II --> VAX --> LaserWriter
From: paul
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1989 22:55
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1989 22:55
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In article <2780@mace.cc.purdue.edu>, ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) writes: > A colleague on campus has a Mac II connected via a serial line to a VAX, > which is in turn connected via a serial line to a LaserWriter. > > 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. > If you are using VMS on your VAX try /FORM=RAWDATA when you print. You can also check HELP PRINT to see what other options are available. We were having a similar problem sending data to a Tektronix 4510 rasterizer. The VMS print utility would just hold it in the queue and wouldn't let anything through with one of these files. .
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!ctrsol!cica!iuvax!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-entropy!quick!ole!steven!paul From: paul@steven.COM (paul) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac II --> VAX --> LaserWriter Message-ID: <64@steven.COM> Date: 27 Jul 89 22:55:39 GMT References: <2780@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: Sierra Geophysics Inc., Kirkland, Wa. Lines: 23