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Date: Sun 04-Apr-1989 18:08:44 From: Unknown Subject: REPOST: Announcing new version of macps/prepfix I've just posted the latest version of macps & prepfix to comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.mac and it should also be available by anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Here is a breief description: Macps is a Unix program that takes an uploaded PostScript file created on a Macintosh (by typing Command-F at the LaserWriter dialog box) and includes an appropriately modified LaserPrep file so that the result can be sent to a PostScript printer from Unix. Since the Apple LaserPrep files are copyrighted, I've included a program, prepfix, that reads version 4.0 and up LaserPrep files, and edits them so that they are compatible with Unix, and are even electronically mailable. CHANGES IN VERSION 2.1 Version 2.1 of prepfix uses a safer method for turning on bit-smoothing for non-Apple printers. This should get around some of the problems people have been having with specialized macros in the LaserPreps that are Apple printer specific. The -l and -p options in version 1.1 have been replaced with the single -l option, and the limit on the number of printers you can specify has been removed. Also, prepfix removes some other various macros that cause unpredictable problems, and a problem with Apple LaserWriter II/NTs (but not other Apple printers). Version 2.1 macps has several new options. The -c option allow you to specify the number of copies to generate (overriding any multiple copy option that was specified on the Macintosh). The -d option allows an alternate directory to look for the macps.config file. Finally, the -r (raw) option suppresses the conversion of 8-bit binary into ASCII, and is useful for some graphics programs that manipulate gray-scale images, and produce 8-bit binary PostScript output. Macps will even work with a NeXT laser printer, but (at least the 0.8 version of the operating system) will not do bit smoothing. Beware, though, that if you print Macintosh patterns at 400 dpi, they will look funny. Edward Moy Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix Workstation Support Services Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy >From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
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