timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler) (02/02/91)
I'm looking for a postscript program that will reset the printer and clear all of it's memory (i.e. remove fonts and any resident programs). I don't know the first thing about PS programming (and neither does anyone on the staff), so I have to ask here. As a bonus, if someone could tell me how to incorporate it into my Windows 3.0 outputs, that would most cool. It's not necessary, though. Thanx a million!!! ----------------------------------------------------------- The Time Traveler Sadder still to watch it die a.k.a. Timur Tabi Then never to have known it Internet: timur@seas.gwu.edu For you - the blind who once could see - Bitnet: HE891C@GWUVM The bell tolls for thee -- Rush
mzellers@starnet.uucp (Mark Zellers) (02/10/91)
In article <2668@sparko.gwu.edu> timur@seas.gwu.edu () writes: > >I'm looking for a postscript program that will reset the printer and >clear all of it's memory (i.e. remove fonts and any resident programs). >I don't know the first thing about PS programming (and neither does >anyone on the staff), so I have to ask here. > A little known, undocumented trick to be able to remove things from the printers memory: *** Prior to downloading your fonts and resident programs: %! serverdict begin 0 exitserver /MagicCookie save def *** Then, to remove anything downloaded since the initial download: %! serverdict begin 0 exitserver MagicCookie restore /MagicCookie save def The trade off in using this technique is that it uses up one of the available save levels. This is generally not a problem, since few PostScript programs use all of the available levels, but it is something that you may want to be aware of. Mark H. Zellers decwrl.dec.com!voltaire!bwayne!mark