Re: Sys6.0.1: Postscript print to disk

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <2icd3t$jmc@eis.calstate.edu>,
Greg R. Achenbach <gachenb@eis.calstate.edu> wrote:
>In the "What's New" file that came with System 6.0.1, there is mention of 
>the fact that the DC Printer control panel now allows you to choose 
>LaserWriter, which they say is potentially useful for printing Postscript 
>files to disk.  What are they talking about?  How do you do this?  I have 
>been using Publish It 4 to print Postscript files to disk for years.  
>Would this new capability allow any GS program to print a postscript file 
>to disk?  Or, is this just something that is a new feature laying there 
>waiting for some programmer to implement it into a program?  If I can 
>print Postscript to disk now, please tell me how.  Thanks in advance.  --

   It's really easy to send output to a file under 6.0.1; that feature
exists now. Basically, you have to select a driver that produces
postscript, such as the LaserWriter driver. (If you're booting off
800K floppies, this could be a problem for size). Once the driver is
selected, (you don't need to have a Laserwriter, though :), from the
print dialog, when you click the OK button, hold down Open-Apple and f.
That'll send the output to a postscript file in */system/drivers.


Nathan Mates



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