bates@8702.dec.com (Ken Bates DTN 522-2039) (06/27/86)
>In article <1888@utai.UUCP> lamy@utai.UUCP (Jean-Francois Lamy) writes: >>In article <1001@tesla.UUCP> othello@tesla.ee.cornell.edu writes: >>> You must have apple talk and the laserwriter connected to your >>>machine for the control-k option to function correctly. Unfortunatly >> >>This is dead wrong. I will post a small application that selects the >>LaserWriter as the current printer even if there is no LaserWriter in >>sight. The <control-K> "feature" then works as advertised. You seem >>to be confused by the fact that 'Chooser' will not let you select an >>inexistant printer... >> >I am still unable to use the control-K feature. The application >mentioned above doesn't seem to do anything. You are always able to >select the laserwriter if you use the Control panel to "turn on" >Appletalk, (even if it doesn't really exist), so this is not the problem. >I continue to get the "Looking for Laserwriter" box. As before, the >control-f feature works. Mr. Lamy, have you tried this without a >Laserwriter attached? I am clicking on the Laserwriter box's OK and >immediately pressing control-k. Am I doing something wrong? (I've got >a Mac+ and System 3.0) As pointed out, you do *not* need a Laserwriter connected for the control/L trick to work. What you must do is as follows: o Make sure you have the latest version of the System, Laserwriter, and Laser Prep files. o Check the "Appletalk connected" box in the control panel DA. You do *not* need to have Appletalk connected, you merely have to check the box. o Check the Laserwriter icon in the chooser DA. You do *not* need to have a Laserwriter. o After selecting the print options and responding to the Laserwriter print box, hold down command-k. You *must* hold this down until the "Creating postscript file" message appears; merely pressing and releasing the key is insufficient. Following the above sequence will generate a postscript file on the disk, which (with suitable munging) you can send directly to the Laserwriter. I use this method to generate files at home, then download them to the local Laserwriter (which is connected to a VMS system), and it works very nicely. Be forewarned that the postscript file can be quite large, so allow plenty of disk space. -- Ken Bates uucp : decwrl!bison.dec.com!bates arpa : bates%bison.dec@decwrl