crowe@whuts.UUCP (CROWE) (01/21/88)
What can the printing software for the Localtalk PC card do? What conversions to PostScript does it perform? What else is possible? Screen dumps of any kind? Plain old text files? Any help is appreciated. D. Crowe AT&T Bell Labs Whippany, NJ whuts!crowe
LENOIL@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert S. Lenoil) (01/27/88)
From: codas!mtune!whuts!crowe@bikini.cis.ufl.edu (CROWE)
Subject: LocalTalk PC Card printing capabilities
What can the printing software for the Localtalk PC card do?
What conversions to PostScript does it perform?
What else is possible? Screen dumps of any kind? Plain old text files?
Any help is appreciated.
The printing software bundled with the LocalTalk PC Card is a set of
conversion programs that know how to convert the following to PostScript:
Plain-vanilla ASCII
Diablo 630
Lotus 1-2-3 graphs
Multimate files
Wordstar files
Then there is one more program that knows how to send a PostScript file to
a LaserWriter. The whole thing is tied together under a single menu interface.
Since the software is a stand-alone application and not memory-resident, it
does not provide direct support for screen dumps. However, if you get a hold
of one of the public domain programs that send printer output to a disk file,
you can use the ASCII converter to convert and print that file.
A better solution for screen dumps is to buy AppleShare PC. Besides its
functions for accessing AppleShare file servers, AppleShare PC includes a
transparent print facility, whereby all LPT output is redirected to a network
LaserWriter or ImageWriter. The driver can emulate an Epson LQ2500, so
taking a screen dump is as easy as pressing print screen. The driver also
supports the IBMExtended font sold by Design Systems here in Cambridge. It
provides all the IBM graphics characters that aren't standard on the
LaserWriter.
-------P9684@QZCOM.BITNET ("Peter Freund") (02/13/88)
Get a product called TOPS NetPrint: can emulate IBM Proprinter,Epson FX-80, and just send PostScript Works fine with ScreenDumps & LW+ fonts. It's not the prettiest menus, but the most effective (memoryresident) program. Contact TOPS, (415) 5495900 Peter Freund, Sweden