[comp.sys.mac] Sharing plotter in apple-talk

kjell@diabgb.se (Kjell Kristiansson) (01/24/89)

Configuration: 5 Mac:s , appletalk, 1 plotter, kinetics, ethernet, unix
Problem: getting plotterdata (HPGL) from Mac to unix.

I am very new with Mac:s. What I try to do is to get different programs
in my Mac (ie MacDraw) to write me a plotterdata file that I can move
to my unix (V.2) machine.

The problem is that I can find no way to get the programs to write on a
file in stead of on the serial port. Anyone out there who has an idea?

(Yes I have a bad sollution - connecting the serial port to my Unix-machine
 and then send data to the plotter via the spooler - no problem - but helps
 only one or have to be done for each Mac.)

Please email me if you have any ideas or hint. (Apple in Sweden hadn't)

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