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Print Mac Postscript using Unix

#46505
From: Dug
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 02:59
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Hi,
  I've been trying to print postscript files using Unix with no luck, I was
wondering if someone out there could tell me what I've been doing wrong.
Normally I use MS Word 4.0 and after I click "OK" at the print dialog
I press command-K, it creates a postscript file.  I kermit the file over
to Unix, and use "lpr" to print it.  All I get is the actual file, in
otherwords the laser (an Apple laser) just ignored the fact that the
text was postscript commands.  The first characters in the file were "%%",
and I know that they're supposed to be "%!", so I changed them and it
still didn't work.  What's up?
  By the way, I've also tried it using "command-F" instead of "K", and it 
puts the "%!" on the first line, but then the laser just ignores the entire
print requiest all together!  The light flashes, as if it was working on
it, and then stops, and my job is no longer in the print queue.  That one
makes no sense to me.  Anyway, does anyone have any ideas?
-Dug
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Subject: Print Mac Postscript using Unix
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