Re: How do I print to a postscript printer?

[laer@nospam.customized.com (Laer Haider)]

supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>laer@nospam.customized.com (Laer Haider) wrote:
>
>>I have a postscript printer on my network that my Apple IIgs is on and
>>can't seem to print to it.  It's data light blinks like it is
>>receiving the page, but nothing happens.  The printer works fine from
>>every other machine on the network (mix of PC's and a Mac) except the
>>IIgs.  I have the IIgs set up to print to a LaserWriter.
>
>The System 6.0 Laserwriter driver works better with third party printers
>than the 6.0.1 driver.  Swap the drivers and see if the problem clears
>up.  The second thing you might consider is to ditch the network.
>According to an article on Postscript laser printers from GS+ Magazine
>and according to the Publish-It! manual, the GS works best when
>directly connected to a laser printer.  Try unplugging your PC from the
>(serial? parallel?) port and connecting your GS to it.  Then shut down
>Appletalk by disabling all the Appletalk files on the GS.  A third thing
>to try is to see if your Epson laser printer has Epson LQ 500 series
>emulation.  If it does, you can use the Harmonie LQ printer drivers with
>this printer at a full 360 dots per inch in Epson mode.

Well, I can't easily bring the printer to the IIgs for three reasons.
It's in a separate room, it's heavy, and it's shared on the network
for the entire family's use.

I tried Nathan's suggestion, and it works, kinda.  The problem I get
is that the file created by the IIgs has a first line of:
   statusdict/jobname(User - IIgs, Document - FILENAME)put

For some reason, with this first line in the file the printer won't
print.  If I edit the line out, it prints just fine.  Guess I'll have
to do some more hunting on the FAQ, unless someone here is willing to
offer up a quick fix.  Thanks for everyone's help.

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