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Abu Amara

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Mar 4, 1993, 1:56:23 PM3/4/93

I have several postscript files that I wish to print. I am connected
to the Postscript printer (HP III) via a NOVELL network.
How can I use WINDOWS3.1 to print these postscript files?

Since there is no application associated with
these files, the print manager in WINDOWS3.1 refuses to send them to the
printer. If I use "copy file.ps LPT1:", then I get the ASCII contents
of the Postscript files.

Any help or guidance will be appreciated.

--Hosame Abu-Amara (am...@ee.tamu.edu)

Tom Carter <carter@photon.cem.msu.edu>

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Mar 4, 1993, 2:55:21 PM3/4/93

An HP (LaserJet) III isn't a Postscript printer, unless you have a Postscript
cartridge in it. Do you?

ga...@ewd.dsto.gov.au

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Mar 7, 1993, 6:59:50 PM3/7/93

In article <1n5mr9$k...@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> car...@photon.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter <car...@photon.cem.msu.edu>) writes:
>
>In article <1n5jcn...@tamsun.tamu.edu> am...@eemips.tamu.edu (Abu Amara) writes:
>>I have several postscript files that I wish to print. I am connected
>>to the Postscript printer (HP III) via a NOVELL network.
>>How can I use WINDOWS3.1 to print these postscript files?
>>
>>Since there is no application associated with
>>these files, the print manager in WINDOWS3.1 refuses to send them to the
>>printer. If I use "copy file.ps LPT1:", then I get the ASCII contents
>>of the Postscript files.
>>
>>Any help or guidance will be appreciated.
>>
>>--Hosame Abu-Amara (am...@ee.tamu.edu)
>
>An HP (LaserJet) III isn't a Postscript printer, unless you have a Postscript
>cartridge in it. Do you?
>

Even if you have a Postscript Cartridge by default WIN3.1 places a CTRL D as the
first character in the postscript file. (CTRL D is a printer reset). Either print
to a file and edit the initial CTRL D out or got to the WIN.INI file and edit the
printer setup (example follows)

[Apple LaserWriter II NT,LPT1]
feed1=9
feed4=9
EPS=0
EpsFile=prn.ps
orient=1
CtrlD=0

You should then be able to print directly to the PS printer.

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