[WinMac] Re: MSOffice 97 EMF graphics to Mac

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:32:36 -0500

        Dear Philip:

        Actually, the joke is on you... The PostScript Level 1 RIP in the LW310 is
a *real* dog. In fact, it is SOOOOOOO bad that people were actually
"downgrading" them to LW300 QuickDraw printers by changing out the
controller board.

        Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

        Dan

At 09:56 PM 11/12/98 -0500, Philip wrote:
>Hi! First, let me thank all those people who participate in this list
>and keep it going. You have saved me many times.
>
>I am, in addition to the Novell fun, trying to get some Windows MS
>Office 97 documents created in Powerpoint and Word to print to my
>postscript laserwriter (LW Select 310: serial printer). Under normal
>circumstances this isn't a problem since the files don't contain many
>EMF graphics. Recently I am receiving files with EMF file graphics
>imbedded. My printer chokes trying to print them every time.
>
>If I open the files and stop the automatic translation of the graphics,
>then I can print the file. The only problem is that the graphic is just
>a box with a big X in it. If I let the translation go to completion,
>then I can't print the page or slide.
>
>Does anyone know what is happening here? The MS Office support people
>tell me that there isn't any problem. Ha! Ha! Ha! But, they won't take
>my offer to come an see for themselves.
>
>TIA for your help.
>Regards
>Philip
>
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