ccaw001@UTADNX.CC.UTEXAS.EDU ("Rick Watson") (08/19/87)
For the many of you that have been interested in a symbiont for PostScript printers, my user-written laser symbiont is available on the latest DECUS tape under [VAX87A.UTEXAS.LASER]. LASER is a user-written print symbiont that is tailored specifically to the Apple LaserWriter. This version of the symbiont is in use at several sites, but should still be considered to be in "BETA" testing. It has only been tested with version 23 of the LaserWriter, but should work with later versions. The symbiont as distributed is configured to print normal text files in a variety of formats on the laser printer. Support is also included for printing PostScript files, MacPaint files, and Zeta plot files. See LASER.C for additional capabilities of the symbiont. It is also available for anonymous ftp from utadnx.cc.utexas.edu: LASER_BACKUP.BCK - A backup save set that should be transferred in binary,record mode by a site running WIN/TCP. LASER_SHAR.COM - A self-unpacking DCL-archive file. (ASCII only) SPAN nodes may copy the files from UTSPAN::UTADNX""::[FAL] You only need one of the files, the backup save set has everything already built. (You'll need VAXC if you want to recompile.) Since this is already being distributed via DECUS, I am not going to try posting or mailing the sources. Rick Watson University of Texas Computation Center arpa: ccaw001@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu bitnet: ccaw001@utadnx span: utspan::ccaw001 phone: 512/471-3241 512/471-8220 ------