bgonderm@nmsu.edu (Bryan Gondermger) (11/06/90)
Does anyone know how to get Apple LaserWriters (plus, NT, NTX) to print the startup page on demand? What we'd like to do is send some PostScript code to the printer to generate it. Note that power cycling the printer is not an ideal solution since we have the printers captured by a print spooler. Any suggestions? Bryan Gonderinger bgonderm@nmsu.edu -- _____________________________________________________________________________ | Bryan Gonderinger bgonderm%nmsu.edu | | Network Programming Box 30001, Dept. 3AT | | Computer Center, Small Systems Las Cruces, New Mexico | | New Mexico State University 88003 | |_____________________________________________________________________________|
woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) (11/08/90)
In article <BGONDERM.90Nov6085513@dante.nmsu.edu>, bgonderm@nmsu.edu (Bryan Gondermger) writes: > Does anyone know how to get Apple LaserWriters (plus, NT, NTX) to > print the startup page on demand? What we'd like to do is send some Well, you could restart the printer. I think that quit might do it. There is however, an entry in one of the builtin dictionaries I don't remember which one. Try this: in interactive mode, using a terminal program, type in executive <cr> you should be given a prompt PS> turn on you ascii capture, and do /serverdict load {== ==} forall /statusdict load {== ==} forall /$printerdict load {== ==} forall /systemdict load {== ==} forall Look through the resulting captured text. You are looking for a routine titled startpage or something similar. You can execute that routine and get a startup page. cheers Woody
henry@angel.Eng.Sun.COM (Henry McGilton) (11/08/90)
In article <BGONDERM.90Nov6085513@dante.nmsu.edu>, bgonderm@nmsu.edu (Bryan Gondermger) writes:
* Does anyone know how to get Apple LaserWriters (plus,
* NT, NTX) to print the startup page on demand? What
* we'd like to do is send some PostScript code to the
* printer to generate it. Note that power cycling the
* printer is not an ideal solution since we have the
* printers captured by a print spooler. Any suggestions?
Here's a PostScript program that works on a IINTX.
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%!PS
startpage
showpage
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Don't know what this would do on (say) a Linotronic, or a Display
PostScript server -- it may be specific to the Apple LaserWriter.
........ Henrygelphman@adobe.COM (David Gelphman) (11/09/90)
In article <BGONDERM.90Nov6085513@dante.nmsu.edu> bgonderm@nmsu.edu (Bryan Gondermger) writes: >Does anyone know how to get Apple LaserWriters (plus, NT, NTX) to >print the startup page on demand? What we'd like to do is send some >PostScript code to the printer to generate it. Note that power >cycling the printer is not an ideal solution since we have the >printers captured by a print spooler. Any suggestions? Here is some code which should work on most printers: serverdict begin % this is where the startpage operator lives userdict begin % serverdict is readonly and startpage needs some % dictionary space to do its thing startpage % create the start page showpage % show the page end end % end userdict, end serverdict I'm sure there are printers out there which this won't work on but it should on most. Hope this helps, David Gelphman Adobe Systems Incorporated
schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster) (11/13/90)
>> Does anyone know how to get Apple LaserWriters (plus, NT, NTX) to >> print the startup page on demand? What we'd like to do is send some >There is however, an entry in one of the builtin dictionaries >I don't remember which one. Try this: >in interactive mode, using a terminal program, type in >executive <cr> >you should be given a prompt > >PS> >turn on you ascii capture, and do >/serverdict load {== ==} forall >/statusdict load {== ==} forall >/$printerdict load {== ==} forall >/systemdict load {== ==} forall > >Look through the resulting captured text. You are looking for a routine >titled startpage or something similar. You can execute that routine and >get a startup page. I tried this on my HP PostScript cartridge, but couldn't find it. Predictably, the program startpage showpage suggested here produced an undefined error for --startpage--. Interestingly, there were other "dict" tokens mixed in with the resulting text: --secretdict--, --internaldict--, and --$idleTimeDict--. None of these could be accessed, however - they produced either undefined or invalidaccess errors.