In article <1996Nov11.213604.47107 at yogi.urz.unibas.ch>, burglin at ubaclu.unibas.ch writes:
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering if there is a terminal program
>> that can spool a file directly to a postscript printer
>> on a Macintosh, or if the GCG command Lprint can be
>> tweaked.
We do this on VMS by running Pathworks, such that all the universities
appletalk printers can be spooled from the VMS server; the graphics setup
Language: POSTSCRIPT
Device: LASERWRITER
Port or Queue: |PSPRINT
then autoprints, where PSPRINT :== PRINT /FORM=PS_PLAIN, and SYS$PRINT is
defined at login - and lprint can be used for text files if necessary.
On our unix system, we do this by defining $PRINTER to be a networked
printer, either directly, via an lpd elsewhere (if necessary, on the
mac itself) or by cap. This makes
Language: psd
Device: LASERWRITER
Port or Queue: |lpr
work directly, and a2ps can be used to filter text to postscript.
The syntax inside WPI is a little different.
All this assumes that your printer is networkable from the GCG box, of course,
but can be used outside GCG as well. If necessary, you can run an lpd on the
pc or mac, and then you can print to anything from anywhere...supposedly.
Hugh
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