Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 15:07:08 -0500
From: T. David Burns <tburns@MASON1.GMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list CHINANET <CHINANET@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: How to print out PS file on IBM-pc and Mac

Xiangning Deng explained how to print zipped, tarred postScript files on a
UNIX system. Here's how you do it on the Macintosh. (By the way, our unix
system is slightly different from Mr. Deng's. So if you have a problem,
consult your local system guru.)

Every week I download and print the postscript version of the Chinese
language magazine put out by CND (HXWZ). I  use NCSA telnet to open a
session to CND.org in FTP mode. I log in with username anonymous, and type
my email address. then I type the command "cd pub/hxwz/PS-NEW" to change
directories to the one where the PS magazine is. I type the command
"binary" to change to binary mode, because the files are all in zipped
format. Then I type "ls" to see what files are there. There are lots of
them, in many formats (none in the standard format used for mac,
unfortunately). The one I use is HXWZ159.ps.Z (the number part changes
every week). I type the command "get HXWZ159.ps.Z" and after that, I type
"bye". That ends the FTP session. Remember where you put the file - there
is a command, something like "set FTP directory" under the file menu, for
telling the software where to put it.

To uncompress the zipped file, I use a utility called MacCompress3.2.
Launch the utility, and under the File menu choose Decompress. The program
will provide a dialog to select the file to decompress. Choose HXWZ159.ps.Z
(remember where you told telnet to put it?)

Then I use a utility called LaserWriter Utility to print the PS file.
Launch the program. Then select the "download postscript File ..." item
from the utilities menu, it will present a dialog. Select Hxwz159.ps. Your
file should start printing.

You can get MaCompress and NCSA telnet from the usual freeware/shareware
archives (microlib.cc.utexas.edu, sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
mac.archive.umich.edu, wuarchive.wustl.edu). Laserwriter utility is
provided free by apple. It is probably somewhere on the floppy disks that
contain your system stuff, or you can get a more fancy, updated version
from apple's ftp site ftp.apple.com.

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