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- From: b645zax@utarlg.uta.edu (David Richardson)
- Subject: Printing Postscript Mac->Novell's HPIII via VAX - help
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:52:00 GMT
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- Here is the scenario:
- I have a Macintosh. I would like to print files to the Postscript
- laser printer (HP Laserjet III with PS card) via a VAX.
-
- Convoluted - yes, but that's what you get when you are too cheap to buy
- a laser printer or pay almost a buck a page (vs. $0.10 on this printer) :^).
-
- What I have been doing:
- 1. Print to a postscript file using the Laserwriter driver (vers. 7.0)
- Note: I used Trimmer to supress including Truetype fonts and the
- Apple Laser Prep dictionary.
- 2. Transfer the file to a VAX. Verify the file is intact.
- 3. Print to the printer using the Postscript form (required by local
- instructions).
- 4. Watch nothing except a cover sheet come out.
-
- Does someone know a better way? Specifically, will including the Apple
- Laser Prep or Truetype fonts disturb the printer in any way for the
- next customer (the printer is used by VAX, Convex, and Novell/IBM
- users). I'm not going to try unless I know it won't.
-
- Note - I am asking local advice on this also, but it is slow in coming.
-
- Specifics:
- Mac: System 7, MS-Word 4.0, Trimmer1.0.1
- VAX: Vax 8800, VMS 5.3
- Novell (sits between VAX & Printer): 3.1 (I think)
- Printer: Laserjet III with Postscript package
-
- Any help will be appreciated.
-
- -David Richardson, b645zax@utarlg.uta.edu (until 1/15/93), +1 817 461 4799
- 1904 Silverleaf, Pantego, TX 76013-3124 USA; Watch here for new email address
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