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- From: jmg@seqanal.mi.uky.edu (Joel Guthridge)
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- Subject: Re: WP5.1 / NeWSprint 2.0c
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:36:18 GMT
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- johnm@meaddata.com (John Manley) writes:
- : Is anyone successfully printing with the UNIX version of WordPerfect 5.1
- : on a SUN? WP has advised us to bypass our NeWSprint filters and send
- : raw PostScript code directly to the printer. This is obviously not going
- : to work for non-PostScript printers (ie: SPARCprinters, generic HPs).
- : Also, the PS interpreter on our SUN LaserWriters chokes on the PS code
- : more often than not. We have some QMS PS2000's which use their own PS
- : interpreter and (surprisingly) they can handle the WP jobs.
- :
- : Getting a WP tech support person that knows what UNIX is can be difficult
- : enough...getting real help with our printer issues is an even greater chore.
- : Any experiences the rest of you may have had will be of great interest to us.
- : Please reply if you have some info to pass on and I'll summarize/post the
- : responses.
- :
-
- I can't really address the issue of WP for UNIX printing through
- Sun's NewsPrint 2.0, but I have played around with sending postscript
- code from WP5.1 for Windows or Dos to the Sun printer daemon via. lpr.
- It seems that the WP PS code usually contains extra characters at the
- begining of the ps code file with then messes up the Newprint software,
- such that the code is printed, instead of the postscript image. Usually
- just editing the extra characters out will correct the problem however.
-
- (P.S. this is for printing to a color Mitsubushi printer, not standard
- laserprinters so there may be some other differences).
-
- Joel Guthridge
-