Using MacPS; 14-Oct-85 Macintosh MacPaint pictures may be included in Scribe documents and printed on the Apple LaserWriter using the MacPS program. You must first transfer your MacPaint file to the DEC-20 by using Kermit, MacGet/MacPut, FTP from another machine, or some other means. Be careful to assure that the files are transferred with 8 bits per byte, and not 7. This is crucial to the success of the conversion. Once you have the file on the DEC-20, type the command UNS:MACPS to start MacPS. Here is a example of extracting a full-page MacPaint image to be included in a Scribe document. NOTE: prompts with nothing after them indicate typing a carriage return to use the default value. MacPs -- MacPaint to Postscript converter Mac filename: MY-PICTURE.MPT Output filename: MY-PICTURE.PS Change MacPaint image parameters? Yes Vertical scan lines: Horizontal Line Width: 72 Inverted image? No Change Scribe page parameters? Yes Image height: 2.0 Scribe column width: Upward translation: .5 Processing file MY-PICTURE.MPT [OK] The following defaults apply if no values are specified: Change MacPaint parameters No Vertical scan lines 240 (max 720) Horizontal Line Width 52 (bytes per line, max 72) Change Scribe parameters No Inverted image No (white pixels stay white) Image height 3.0 (inches) Scribe column width 6.5 (inches) Upward translation 0.0 (inches) Once converted, use the Scribe @Picture command to insert the image in your document. Insert a line like the following in your Scribe manuscript: @Figure[@Picture(Size = 2 inches, ScaleAbleLaser="MY-PICTURE.PS")] and run Scribe. The image will appear at the appropriate spot on the page when you print the document on the LaserWriter. See also: HELP SCRIBE, UNS:MACPS.DOC NOTE: This software is provided on an unsupported basis. If you have problems with it, contact Mic Kaczmarczik (cc.kaczmarczik@a20.cc.utexas.edu) and he'll see what he can do to help. [end of macps.hlp]