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- From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
- Subject: Re: Linux Logo III: The Search for FreeHand
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.073454.28880@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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- Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
- References: <1992Aug15.072851.28444@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 07:34:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug15.072851.28444@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
- >Well, we seem to be having troubles with the EPS file as well...I got
- >it to print from my Linux box to an HP LaserJet IIID PostScript, but
- >it wouldn't print from Linux to my Apple LaserWriter IIg :-( That might
- >have had something to do with the fact that the HP was connected parallel
- >while the IIg was connected serial (it has an Ethernet port, a SCSI port,
- >a LocalTalk port, and an RS-232C port). If someone can tell me how to get
- >the data out the serial port.... cat linlog.eps >/dev/ttys1 sent the data
- >to the printer, but after a few hours of processing, I wound up
- >resetting the printer. (It did have one neat side effect; it reset the
- >page count on the LaserWriter :-).
-
- So...what's my point? :-)
- Oops..that went out a few lines too soon.
- The point is that I'm going to go ahead and upload the FreeHand file and
- the FreeHand-produced EPS file. And I'm gonna do it right; I'm going to
- FTP it up to my host system from one of the public Macs on the main
- campus--no more of this Mac->MS-DOS->Linux BS.
-
- James
-
- James P. Callison Microcomputer Coordinator OU Law Library
- Callison@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu /\ Callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor
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- DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work...
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