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- From: rowley@theporch.raider.net (Michael Rowland)
- Subject: Re: saving laserwriter output as a PS file?
- Sender: bbs@theporch.raider.net (Waffle BBS login)
- Message-ID: <XuymwB8w165w@theporch.raider.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:33:44 GMT
- References: <1992Dec27.192511.19522@wam.umd.edu>
- Organization: The MacInteresteds of Nashville, Tn.
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- twent@wam.umd.edu (Anthony J. Went) writes:
- >
- > I've been using a music transcription software package on my brother's
- > Macintosh IIsi. I would like to be able to print the postscript output
- > to a disk file so I can upload that file to my account at school and dump
- > it to a laser printer there. The program makes no provision for this, as
- > far as I can tell. Is there some sort of driver available that I can install
- > that will allow me to dump laserwriter output to a disk file? The program
- > uses two fonts that I had to install in the system (screen and postscript
- > versions) if that makes any difference.
- >
- So, does the program just squirt the transcription directly to whatever
- printer is connected? You say the program's output is PostScript... that
- helps. You don't say what system version you are using. If you are using
- any version of the system that supports MultiFinder (or if you are using
- System 7) your program's output is winding up in aspool folder inside the
- system folder before getting sent to the printer. So, if you want to take
- this spooled folder somewhere else for printing, when you print, tell
- PrintMonitor to postpone printing indefinitely and then copy the spooled
- file to your account at school and tell it to print.
-
- Too bad your account at school doesn't have AppleTalk Remote Access
- running... then you could call it up and print to the school's printer as
- if it were in your room at home.
-
- jmr
-
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- rowley@theporch.raider.net (Michael Rowland)
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