YSiret@his-phoenix-multics.arpa (11/14/86)
Does anybody know where I could find a driver to print TeX-DVI files onto a CANON LBP-8-A2 laser printer. I Can produce DVI files through TeX on my Multics, and no-doubtly transfer a file fromMultics to my CANON laser printer - probably as to any terminal equipment But I am still looking for a driver to transform DVI to CANON-LBP format I would be interrested preferably by a driver running on Multics but any driver - that could be "easily" converted to Multics would be welcomed Thank you for help
dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer) (11/17/86)
In article <5393@brl-smoke.ARPA>, YSiret@his-phoenix-multics.arpa writes: > Does anybody know where I could find a driver to print TeX-DVI files > onto a CANON LBP-8-A2 laser printer. > > I Can produce DVI files through TeX on my Multics, and no-doubtly > transfer a file fromMultics to my CANON laser printer - probably as to > any terminal equipment But I am still looking for a driver to transform > DVI to CANON-LBP format > > I would be interrested preferably by a driver running on Multics but any > driver - that could be "easily" converted to Multics would be welcomed We have a CANON LBP-8-A2, and (for TeX, at least) it's one of the worst laser-printers in the world. I spent four weekends bending the fabric of space-time, and finally got a kludge together (using an Atari ST as an intermediary, between our VAX and the printer). It is VERY slow (about a minute per page) because of the absolutely insane (read: stupid) interface. If you've got 4.2 BSD and an Atari ST (520 or 1040) then I'll give away the driver/server source code. But you're not gonna like it.... -- -Landon Dyer, Atari Corp. {sun,lll-lcc,imagen}!atari!dyer /-----------------------------------------------\ | The views represented here do not necessarily | "If Business is War, then | reflect those of Atari Corp., or even my own. | I'm a Prisoner of Business!" \-----------------------------------------------/