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- From: law30056@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN KEN HWEE)
- Subject: Re: Print postscript to HP LaserJet III from PC?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.053622.9427@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:36:22 GMT
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- ALEX CHUAH (ac0@.uark.edu) wrote:
- :
- : Could anyone show me the path to a program that would allow
- : me to print postscript files to a HP LaserJet III? The printer
- : is linked to a PC(running DOS) but the problem is that the PC
- : does not have the applications which are available at other
- : PCs. Thus i would like to print my work to a postscript
- : file and take it over to the PC(with the printer) and
- : use a small program that would print my postscript file.
- : I need this file pretty urgently. Any help would be much
- : appreciated. Thanx.
- :
- ASSUMING your LJ3 has a PostScript cartridge, what you want to do is
- simply create a Print File (most programs will have a print to file
- option), compress it if you must using LHA, PKZIP etc, bring it on a
- floppy to the PeeCee connected to the LJ3 and then do a :
-
- COPY filename.prn PRN /b
-
- The /b is probably NOT needed for most PostScript files but may solve
- problems if you have embedded bitmaps etc.
-
- If you DON'T have PostScript (even better, since it will be a LOT
- faster) then you do the exact same thing but you MUST have the /b. The
- /b tells DOS to keep sending the file till there ain't anymore to send.
- Without it, DOS stops at the first EOF that it finds. Very frequent in
- most non-PS output files.
-
- NO PROGRAM NEEDED TO DO THIS. Just use the good old Copy command!
- Good luck. E-mail me with success story or if you need more details.
-
- KenHwee Tan
- Natl Uni of Singapore
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