[comp.sys.atari.st] how can I print to disk?

russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) (01/01/91)

Are there any binaries available that will capture data headed
for the printer port and re-route it to a file?  I've got an
ST that a friend of mine wants to use for wordprocessing, but
she'd prefer to send the output files to a highspeed laser on
one of our unix systems, rather than print her documents on
the cheapie printer attached to the ST.

Someone suggested barrel.prg a few weeks ago, but the copy I
found on compuserve provides spooling to ram only, rather than
to disk.
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klute@tommy.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) (01/02/91)

In article <3507@wpg.com>, russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) writes:
|> Someone suggested barrel.prg a few weeks ago, but the copy I
|> found on compuserve provides spooling to ram only, rather than
|> to disk.

Using Barrel you spool your output to a RAM buffer first, then you call
Barrel again. It will let you write the RAM buffer to a disk file then.

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jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) (01/03/91)

In <2893@laura.UUCP>, Rainer Klute writes:
>In article <3507@wpg.com>, russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) writes:
>|> Someone suggested barrel.prg a few weeks ago, but the copy I
>|> found on compuserve provides spooling to ram only, rather than
>|> to disk.
>
>Using Barrel you spool your output to a RAM buffer first, then you call
>Barrel again. It will let you write the RAM buffer to a disk file then.

	Harlekin also does this, and many other things handy for programmers.
Of course it's a little pricey. The spooler size is more configurable
and all the other features are excellant too.
>
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>D-4600 Dortmund 50        |\|\    Fax : +49 231 755-2386
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