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- From: cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
- Subject: re: Suppressing Control-D prepend on Postscrpt files
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.135017.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
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- Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- References: <1992Dec14.204109.25177@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <32+rt3@lynx.unm.edu> <1992Dec16.131416.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:50:17 GMT
- Lines: 48
-
- In article <32+rt3@lynx.unm.edu>, (Tim Keitt) writes:
-
- > This works for me:
- >
- > [PostScript,FILE]
- > ATM=placeholder
- > CtrlD=0
- >
- > [Apple LaserWriter Plus,FILE]
- > feed1=1
- > feed4=1
- > EpsFile=d:\print\win.eps
- > orient=1
- > advflags=542
- > CtrlD=0
- > EPS=0
- >
- > [PostScript,EPT]
- > ATM=placeholder
- > CtrlD=0
-
- Hmm -- interesting. I've had a bit of a play around with this in the
- past, as I sometimes want to print my Windows-generated PS files on an
- Apple LaserWriter connected to our VAX and the Ctrl-D's make those
- printers barf.
-
- To start with it didn't seem to work -- my PS files still began and
- ended with Ctrl-D's. However, all the entries for my various PS printer
- drivers in WIN.INI were of the form "[PostScript,FILE]". Adding the
- "CtrlD=0" line to these sections didn't affect printing.
-
- A wave of inspiration made me change the section lines to things like
- "[QMS PS-810,FILE]" (the name of one of the many PS drivers I have
- installed) and bingo, the CtrlD= line seemed to work.
-
- The moral: If adding the CtrlD=0 line/s to your WIN.INI doesn't work,
- try fiddling with the name of the printer (use the exact same literal
- string the Printers Control Panel id's the printer with).
-
- (It still doesn't seem to work for the Tektronix Phaser III PXi, but I
- suspect setting the printer to use a "real" port then using the "Print
- to file" check-box in the Print dialog might solve this. It doesn't
- really matter anyway, as I can access it "directly" through a network
- queue, rather than having to go through the VAX.)
-
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- Nick FitzGerald, PC Applications Consultant, CSC, Uni of Canterbury, N.Z.
- n.fitzgerald@csc.canterbury.ac.nz TEL:+64(3)364 2337, FAX:+64(3)364 2332
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