RE: [WinMac] Publishing virtual PostScript printers from NT

McKnight, David(DMcKnight[at]MIS.Fleetwood.com)
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:12:49 -0700

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If you're running LaserWriter 8.5.1and the user has Acrobat 3.0, just print
to a PDF file and process the PDF file. The PostScript will be much cleaner,
and you will have far fewer PostScript errors. The files will also process
very quickly when they get to the RIP.

DAVID

> ----------
> From: Mike Rubin
> Reply To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 1998 6:00 AM
> To: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
> Subject: [WinMac] Publishing virtual PostScript printers from NT
>
> Hi,
>
> Are there any Windows NT products out there that will publish a virtual
> PostScript printer and write the PostScript print stream into a file?
>
> We are printing to a Harlequin-based RIP on Windows NT. The RIP publishes
> virtual printers, and we directly print to these virtual printers from
> the Mac. However, we would like to pre-process the print stream using a
> utility that reads from and writes into hot folders. In other words, with
> this product X, the workflow would look like:
>
> - User prints from Mac to virtual printer published by X.
> - X copies the PostScript print stream into a file in hot folder A. It
> also handles PostScript queries (for font list, etc.) by indirectly
> querying a printer published by the RIP.
> - Our pre-processor utility reads the file from hot folder A and writes a
> new PostScript file into hot folder B.
> - The RIP reads the file in hot folder B and processes the PostScript.
>
> I know that Color Central has this capability, but we'd be paying a lot
> for OPI and other features that we don't need.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> - Mike Rubin
> - SilverLogic Incorporated
>
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