CompuServe Messages

Joe, You didn't say what application you're using to make the PS files. I made a small PS file from Pagemaker 4.01 and output it to POST which promptly errored out on it. The offending item was after the %%BeginSetup, it was letter. No other references to it were in the document, so I added the % and made it a comment, POST interpreted the page without problem after that. AldusDict2 begin %%BeginSetup %letter <<<<<<<<<<<<<<THIS IS WHERE POST CHOKED! SO I MADE IT A COMMENT mark { mark 1.0 1.0 .92 .76 .64 .54 .44 .36 .28 .2 .1 .0 counttomark dup 3 add -1 roll exch 2 sub mul dup floor cvi dup 3 1 roll sub exch dup 3 add index exch 2 add index dup 4 1 roll sub mul add counttomark 1 add 1 roll cleartomark } bind What I would try with the QMS 810 is to send a postscript file of the page to the printer via the serial port and a terminal program like MicrophoneII with the MAC emulator, this way you will get feedback from the printer via the serial port. And perhaps you'll find out why it is timing out. Using parallel will not allow the printer to supply you with an error message. It seems that it has errored out, and is merely waiting for the timeout in order to reset. Also, I included the AldusPrep with my PS file, without it the file won't print. The file sizes were large, with the prep file it was 117387 bytes without it 83302 bytes, this included downloading the font to the file. It was single sentence, centered on a letter size page. So I'd say yes, 90K is about right for a PS file. Chris