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- From: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
- Subject: Re: Non-NeXT Printer
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.071638.3649@ccsun7.csie.nctu.edu.tw>
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- Organization: Computer Science & Information Engin., Chiao-Tung U, Taiwan, ROC
- References: <1992Nov1.052626.27814@venice.sedd.trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:16:38 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1992Nov1.052626.27814@venice.sedd.trw.com>
- verket@venice.sedd.trw.com (Paul Verket) writes:
- > In article <Bwww4s.2A3@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> dale@hecate.phy.queensu.ca (Dale
- > Swanston) writes:
- > > In article <2AF06F77.23850@news.service.uci.edu> zhonglin@next1.ss.uci.edu
- > > (Zhong-Lin Lu) writes:
- > > >
- > > > Could someone tell me how to print articles with a lot of fancy fonts
- > > > on a Non-NeXT postscript printer without being able to load all the
- > > > fonts to the printer ? The articles are prepared on a NeXT station and
- > > > can be displayed on the console of that machine. But I can not print
- > > > it out on a non-NeXT printer that I have access through network.
- > >
- > > What was the solution to this? I am in the same position and would like
- > > to know if there is an easier way to include non standard than using the
- > > command fontloader.
- >
- > 3.0 automatically downloads fonts that the printer needs. I just printed a
- > document with Tekton to an HP IIP with a postscript cartridge and it
- invisibly
- > downloaded Tekton with the document.
- >
- > Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok)
- And how about those tiff icons(graphics) grab with /NextDeveloper/Demo/Grab
- and
- pasted into WriteNow document? Can u print them out?
- I tried with a Apple LaserWriter II NT (which is connected to a Sun Sparc).
- But I got a gray box instead of an icon.
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-
- Yuan
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