delaney@wnre.aecl.CDN (10/04/88)
Does anyone know of a way to print a Laser printer output to a disk file. I have access to several postscript printers on an ethernet network but need a file with the output to be able to print. I tried loging into a a VAX and opening a file then printing to the modem port but the routines appear to be looking for a responce. ANY suggestions? Grant
keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) (10/06/88)
In article <2298*delaney@wnre.aecl.cdn> delaney@wnre.aecl.CDN writes: >Does anyone know of a way to print a Laser printer output to a disk file. I >have access to several postscript printers on an ethernet network but need a >file with the output to be able to print. I tried loging into a a VAX and >opening a file then printing to the modem port but the routines appear to be >looking for a responce. ANY suggestions? > >Grant Grant, you can use the same trick that is used on the Macintosh to capture the Postscript commands into a text file. By holding down CMD-F after clicking OK in the '# of pages' dialog box, the Postscript commands will be redirected to a file in the System Folder called GS.POSTSCRIPT. Keith Rollin UUCP: amdahl\ Developer Technical Support pyramid!sun !apple!keith Apple Computer decwrl/ BITNET: keith%apple.com@relay.cs.net "You can do what you want to me, but leave my computer alone!"
delaney@wnre.aecl.CDN (10/06/88)
>Does anyone know of a way to print a Laser printer output to a disk file. I >>you can use the same trick that is used on the Macintosh to capture the >>Postscript commands into a text file. By holding down CMD-F after clicking >>OK in the '# of pages' dialog box, the Postscript commands will be redirected >>to a file in the System Folder called GS.POSTSCRIPT. ALMOST RIGHT the file is in: /DISKNAME/SYSTEM/DRIVERS/POSTSCRIPT.GS This only works for SYSTEM DISK 3.2 and Higher A suggestion to all be sure to have lots of space on your disk 1/2 page of text took 19.5K 39 Block of disk space. But it does work and very well. Thanks KIETH and all the developers at APPLE for continuing to expand our support! Grant
erast1@cisunx.UUCP (Evan Ron Aussenberg) (10/08/88)
In article <2325*delaney@wnre.aecl.cdn> delaney@wnre.aecl.CDN writes: >>Does anyone know of a way to print a Laser printer output to a disk file. I > >>>you can use the same trick that is used on the Macintosh to capture the >>>Postscript commands into a text file. By holding down CMD-F after clicking ~~~ >>>OK in the '# of pages' dialog box, the Postscript commands will be redirected OK- Someone has to ask, and so I'll do it. What key is CMD??? Evan Ron Aussenberg erast1@cisunx.UUCP erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu <bitnet>erast1@pittvms.BITNET