Re: PostScript from a IIgs

[Aphex Twin <nmbtest8@bellevue.netmanage.com>]

Nathan Mates wrote:
> (snip)

> 
> 1) Install Laserwriter driver from System 6.0.1. Appletalk is _not_
> required to run it while printing to disk. If you want to try breaking
> the rules a bit (sorry, have not verified that this works offhand, but
> at worst it just won't work) and already have a printer installed, you
> should be able to copy the 'Laserwriter' file from the 6.0.1 System
> Tools Disk 2 System/Drivers folder to the System/Drivers folder on
> your GS boot disk. Reboot, and you should be able to select the
> Laserwriter driver from the 'DC Printer' graphical Control Panel.
> 

Hi Nathan,
     You are correct about just needing the Laserwriter file from the
6.0.1 System disk.  However, there is one trick to note here:  If you're
using a version of GS/OS earlier than 6.0.1, you'll won't be able to select
the LaserWriter driver from the DC Printer control panel.  However, if you
*rename* the driver (I used to use LaserWriter.DC) then it works the same
as in GS/OS 6.0.1.  (So many people used to do this that the programmers 
provided the ability to run the LaserWriter driver directly when they 
coded 6.0.1).
     I used to publish newsletters, create mailers, and made professional 
looking resumes with my IIgs in the manner described in this thread, and was 
always impressed by the quality of the results.  I just made sure that I had the
maximum vertical compression selected (I forget the exact nomenclature of the dialog box 
setting offhand), and stuck to fonts I knew the printer had installed.  (I
never could get the true type font download to work, either.)  I also got the
IIgs PostScript code to work with other, non-Apple Postscript printers by 
deleting a section from the PostScript file.  There seemed to be an extra
command that Apple's LaserWriters could interpret, but other PostScript printers
would generate a stack overflow.  From what I can remember, I deleted the lines 
between the words Mark and clear to Mark, inclusive.  These lines occurred near 
the top of the PostScript file, and were easy to spot.  I was able to print on 
HP printers this way, and many other printers that used generic PostScript.  (If
people are interested, I can generate a GS PostScript file, and detail exact
steps).
     Virtually,
     Paul


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