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- .TH PREPFIX 1 "19 Sept 1988"
- .UC 4
- .SH NAME
- prepfix \- converts Apple LaserPrep files to form useable on Unix
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B prepfix
- [
- .B \-l
- lw_name
- ]
- [
- .B \-p
- lw+_name
- ]
- [
- file
- ]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .I Prepfix
- takes the command-line LaserPrep file (or the standard input if no filename is
- given), and converts it into a form that is useable on Unix with the
- .IR macps (1),
- and is even electronically mailable.
- .PP
- To use
- .IR prepfix ,
- create the input LaserPrep file on a Macintosh by opening an empty
- document in some application, selecting
- .B Print
- from the
- .B File
- menu and then typing (and holding) command-K immediately after clicking the
- .B OK
- button of the LaserWriter printer dialog box.
- Another dialog will appear, confirming that a file named ``PostScript'' is
- being created (the command-K keys can be released now).
- This file can then be uploaded via some file transfer program, such as
- MacTerminal/VersaTerm and
- .IR macget (1)
- or MacKermit/Red Ryder and
- .IR kermit (1).
- .PP
- Normally, only Apple LaserWriters can take advantage of the bit smoothing
- feature of the LaserPrep file.
- However, other PostScript laser printer using the Motorola 680x0 processor
- and the Adobe PostScript firmware can be made to do bit smoothing by
- specifying for each printer either the
- .B \-l
- or
- .B \-p
- options for LaserWriter and LaserWriter Plus class machines, respectively.
- The option argument is the first 63 characters of the printer's name (as
- returned by the
- .B product
- command in
- .BR serverdict ).
- The resulting LaserPrep file will be modified so that for LaserWriters and for
- printers specified in the
- .B \-l
- and
- .B \-p
- options, bit smoothing will be allowed (smoothing must still be selected in the
- Print Dialog box when saving the PostScript to disk).
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- macps(1), macget(1), kermit(1)
- .SH BUGS
- .I Prepfix
- only works with version 4.0 and up of the Macintosh LaserPrep files.
- Only 16 of each of the
- .B \-l
- and
- .B \-p
- printer names is currently supported.
-