dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) (01/23/90)
For some silly reason, there are programmers who feel that not
having a printer connected to a Mac warrants an alert. When this
is a DA that is used a lot, it can be very annoying.
Does anyone know of a way to fake the system into appearing like
it has a printer without actually having one? I can't just install
a driver and choose it, since it takes over my printer port, which
is where my modem is (my MIDI interface is on the modem port).
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David Elliott
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"Never call a crazed psychotic a crazed psychotic."ephraim@leander.think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) (01/23/90)
In article <1990Jan23.034921.569@smsc.sony.com> dce@smsc.Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes: >For some silly reason, there are programmers who feel that not >having a printer connected to a Mac warrants an alert. When this >is a DA that is used a lot, it can be very annoying. > >Does anyone know of a way to fake the system into appearing like >it has a printer without actually having one? No, but it's pretty easy to turn off alerts if they're genuine resource-based alerts. Open the offending software with ResEdit, find the offending alert, choose "Display as Text" from the ALRT menu, and turn off the staging bits. (That is, uncheck the "drawn" boxes.) The alert will not be drawn, but just return to the caller. You can turn off beeps at the same time. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com ThinkingCorp@applelink.apple.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142 One of the flaws in the anarchic bopper society was the ease with which such crazed rumors could spread.
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (01/24/90)
As quoted from <1990Jan23.034921.569@smsc.sony.com> by dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott): +--------------- | Does anyone know of a way to fake the system into appearing like | it has a printer without actually having one? I can't just install | a driver and choose it, since it takes over my printer port, which | is where my modem is (my MIDI interface is on the modem port). +--------------- Look around for a Chooser document called "Preview". It's a screen previewer which is implemented as a "printer" (i.e. select it in Chooser, then when you print something the Preview window pops up with the "printed" document in it). ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery allbery@NCoast.ORG, BALLBERY (MCI Mail), ALLBERY (Delphi) uunet!cwjcc.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@cwjcc.cwru.edu *(comp.sources.misc mail to comp-sources-misc[-request]@backbone.site, please)* *Third party vote-collection service: send mail to allbery@uunet.uu.net (ONLY)*
chris@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt) (01/24/90)
In article <1990Jan23.034921.569@smsc.sony.com> dce@smsc.Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes: >For some silly reason, there are programmers who feel that not >having a printer connected to a Mac warrants an alert. When this >is a DA that is used a lot, it can be very annoying. How RUDE! >Does anyone know of a way to fake the system into appearing like >it has a printer without actually having one? I can't just install >a driver and choose it, since it takes over my printer port, which >is where my modem is (my MIDI interface is on the modem port). Use the 'Preview' printer driver. What it does is, when you 'print' to it, it draws a representation of the printout on the screen, tying up no printer ports. It *should* be in the archives, or I'll post it if requested. >David Elliott >dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce --chris sterritt chris@adms-rad.unisys.com >"Never call a crazed psychotic a crazed psychotic." S/he may call you one back... :-)
dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) (01/25/90)
In article <198@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM> chris@ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt) writes: >Use the 'Preview' printer driver. What it does is, when you 'print' to it, >it draws a representation of the printout on the screen, tying up no >printer ports. It *should* be in the archives, or I'll post it if requested. Thanks to everyone who responded. I grabbed Preview from sumex and I'll give it a try tonight. -- David Elliott dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce (408)944-4073 "Never call a crazed psychotic a crazed psychotic."