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71 lines
2.1 KiB
Groff
.\" SCCSid = "@(#)prepfix.1 2.2 10/24/89"
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.TH PREPFIX 1 "24 Oct 1989"
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.UC 4
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.SH NAME
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prepfix \- converts Apple LaserPrep files to form useable on Unix
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B prepfix
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[
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\-l
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printer_name1
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[
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\-l
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printer_name2
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]...
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]
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[
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file
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Prepfix
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takes the command-line LaserPrep file (or the standard input if no filename is
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given), and converts it into a form that is useable on Unix with the
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.IR macps (1),
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and is even electronically mailable.
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.PP
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To use
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.IR prepfix ,
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create the input LaserPrep file on a Macintosh by opening an empty
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document in some application, selecting
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.B Print
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>From the
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.B File
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menu and then typing (and holding) Command-K immediately after clicking the
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.B OK
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button in the LaserWriter print dialog box.
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Another dialog will appear, confirming that a file named ``PostScript'' is
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being created (the Command-K keys can be released now).
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.PP
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Depending on the application, the created PostScript file can be found in the
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System Folder, the application folder or the top level of the disk.
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This file can then be uploaded via some file transfer program, such as
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MacTerminal/VersaTerm and
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.IR macget (1)
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or MacKermit/Red Ryder and
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.IR kermit (1).
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.PP
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Normally, only Apple LaserWriters can take advantage of the bit smoothing
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feature of the LaserPrep file.
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However, other PostScript laser printer using the Motorola 680x0 processor
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and the Adobe PostScript firmware can be made to do bit smoothing by
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specifying for each printer the
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.B \-l
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option and the printer's name, as returned by the PostScript
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.B product
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command in
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.B statusdict
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(remember to quote the printer name if it contains blanks).
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The resulting LaserPrep file will be modified so that for LaserWriters and for
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printers specified in the
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.B \-l
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option, bit smoothing will be allowed (smoothing must still be selected in the
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Print Dialog box when saving the PostScript to disk).
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More than one printer name can be specified using additional
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.B \-l
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and printer name pairs.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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macps(1), macget(1), kermit(1)
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.SH BUGS
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.I Prepfix
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only works with version 4.0 and up of the Macintosh LaserPrep files.
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