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Subject: new Vn. 2.3 of macps/prepfix (Print Mac files on UNIX) announcement
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Date: 7 Jul 92 15:18:32 GMT
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Announcing the long-overdue System 7 compatible version
of macps and prepfix, version 2.3, in shar format.
Enclosed below are some excerpts from the ReadMe file.

This version should be appearing on the INFO-MAC (SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU)
archives and on comp.sources.unix.  Other anonymous FTP sites may request
a copy from me (edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu) or pick it up from info-mac.
Those without Internet access may also request a copy from me, but please
be sure to include a valid return address.

Edward Moy				Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix
Workstation Support Services		Workstation Software Support Group
University of California
Berkeley, CA  94720

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WHAT IS MACPS?

Macps is a Unix program that takes an uploaded PostScript file created
on a Macintosh (see macps.1 for more details) and includes an
appropriately modified LaserPrep file so that the result can be sent to
a PostScript printer from Unix.  The LaserPrep file contains macros
used by the PostScript generator on the Macintosh.

HOW ARE THE LASERPREP FILES GENERATED?

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 (mostly) compatible with Unix (See
prepfix.1 for more details).

CHANGES IN VERSION 2.3

Version 2.3 of prepfix now support LaserPrep 7.x (System 7).  Resulting
LaserPrep files are slightly smaller, since some extraneous comments
have been removed.  Version 2.3 of macps works with System 7-generated
PostScript files, replacing the included LaserPrep with the modified
version.  Because of the way this change was made, macps can now work
on either a Command-F or Command-K (pre-System 7) PostScript file.

Creating a PostScript file under System 7 will cause all fonts used in
a document to be downloaded.  Downloaded fonts, especially TrueType
fonts, tend to make the resulting PostScript file very large.  Both the
size of the PostScript file and the complexity of a downloadable
TrueType font can cause some printers to fail to print, even when the
printer already contains the requested fonts.  Software like H.M.
Ayala's Trimmer CDEV (available from most Macintosh ftp sites and
bulletin board systems) can prevents selected fonts (those already
resident in the printer) from being downloaded.

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