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Re: XY to PDF on OS X--two steps

Harry,

Well, we could break this down into keystrokes, too...
The steps I described were all on a single Mac, and I also didn't use
Windows at all. Moving from machine to machine always adds time as well
as steps (literal ones), though I do it sometimes, too. My goal was
really to address those few users among us who have moved to OS X. For
many others, the GSView utilities and other methods are probably more
direct.


Cheers,
Carlo
thyrsus@xxxxxxxx

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008, Harry Binswanger wrote:
Yep. These steps:
1. use SETP command to load post27.prn
2. TYF filename,filename.ps
3. Copy filename.ps to flash drive (could go over the network)
4. Put flash drive in Mac, copy filename.ps to (e.g.) Mac desktop
5. In Finder, open Preview.
6. Go to Preview's File menu item, and Open filename.ps
7. Save resulting PDF as filename.pdf
8. Copy filename.pdf back to flash drive
9. Go to Finder and unmount the flash drive (I didn't do this the first
go-round, and got corrupted date)
10. Put flash drive back in Windows machine slot and copy filename.pdf back
to C:

Come to think of it, that is more complicated than just using PDFCreator on
the Windows machine. But it's a lot simpler if you can use the network to the
Mac rather than a flash drive.

Were you able to get that to work Harry?

Just curious,



Russ
On Oct 16, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Harry Binswanger wrote:
Thanks, Carlo and Russ.

--Harry
Russ,

Does this .pdf ability apply to all iterations of OS X? I have an
old one (10.3?)

Dear Harry,

I've tested it on both 10.3 and 10.4. Given Russ's explanation of
the platform's "attitude" toward PDFs, I'd guess it works on
earlier and later versions as well, but nothing's certain till
it's tested.

Carlo


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx


Harry Binswanger
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