henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton) (07/07/89)
I have a Appletalk printer connected to a MicroVaxII via Alisaprint and a kinetics box. This gives good service both as a spooler for the Mac users and as a postscript printer for the VMS users. I now would like to add this printing service for a Sun 3 that is connected via TCP/IP. Has anyone done this before? I have been toying with the idea of a unix print task that bundles the file up, ftp's it over to the vax where another automatic task is looking to print anything that shows up on its doorstep. This would work, but it seems like there ought to be an easier way. Any suggestions? -- Henry Melton ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry 1-512-8463241 Rt.1 Box 274E Hutto,TX 78634
rad@mbunix.mitre.org (Richard A. Dramstad) (07/08/89)
In article <741@hutto.UUCP> henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton) writes: >I have a Appletalk printer connected to a MicroVaxII via Alisaprint >and a kinetics box. This gives good service both as a spooler for the >Mac users and as a postscript printer for the VMS users. I now would >like to add this printing service for a Sun 3 that is connected via >TCP/IP. Has anyone done this before? I have been toying with the idea >of a unix print task that bundles the file up, ftp's it over to the vax >where another automatic task is looking to print anything that shows up >on its doorstep. This would work, but it seems like there ought to be >an easier way. Any suggestions? Yes, you could install TOPS on the Sun. In addition to giving you TOPS file services for your Macs on the Sun, it allows you to create line printer (sic) queues that point to your AppleTalk-connected LaserWriters. I think you're probably talking about less than $1K to do this,too. Also, because of the Berkeley/Sun remote line printer capabilities, other Suns or BSD-derivative Unix boxes on your net can also get to the Mac's laser printers. I bounce my Ultrix printouts off a Sun to a laser printer just outside my door -- the same one I use for my Mac printouts. I like it a lot. >Henry Melton ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry >1-512-8463241 Rt.1 Box 274E Hutto,TX 78634 Dick Dramstad
edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu (07/16/89)
In article <58710@linus.UUCP> rad@mbunix (Dramstad) writes: >In article <741@hutto.UUCP> henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton) writes: >>I have a Appletalk printer connected to a MicroVaxII via Alisaprint >>and a kinetics box. This gives good service both as a spooler for the >>Mac users and as a postscript printer for the VMS users. I now would >>like to add this printing service for a Sun 3 that is connected via >>TCP/IP. > > Yes, you could install TOPS on the Sun. In addition to giving >you TOPS file services for your Macs on the Sun, it allows you to >create line printer (sic) queues that point to your AppleTalk-connected >LaserWriters. I think you're probably talking about less than $1K to >do this,too. > > Also, because of the Berkeley/Sun remote line printer >capabilities, other Suns or BSD-derivative Unix boxes on your net can >also get to the Mac's laser printers. I bounce my Ultrix printouts off >a Sun to a laser printer just outside my door -- the same one I use for >my Mac printouts. I like it a lot. You can also get the Columbia AppleTalk Package (CAP), version 5.0, FREE, from anonumous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu (in the info-mac/unix) directory or from cunixc.cc.columbia.edu. Here at UC Berkeley, we have quite a few sites, that use CAP, bith for print spooling and file serving. It is even a support service that we in the Computer Center provide for Unix machines that have nearby AppleTalk networks. CAP also uses the standard lpr facilities of BSD Unix, so you can make one machine the "direct connection" to the AppleTalk-connected LaserWriter and indirectly spool from other UNIX hosts. Edward Moy Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix Workstation Support Services Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy
jsin@island.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (07/16/89)
In article <26361@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu writes: > >You can also get the Columbia AppleTalk Package (CAP), version 5.0, FREE, >from anonumous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu (in the info-mac/unix) >directory or from cunixc.cc.columbia.edu. Here at UC Berkeley, we have >quite a few sites, that use CAP, bith for print spooling and file >serving. It is even a support service that we in the Computer Center >provide for Unix machines that have nearby AppleTalk networks. > I have a related question that someone can answer. I'm not at least bit familiar with postscript language, so I'm stumped... If this is not the proper group to post this, I apologize. We have a Mac II connected via FastPath box (III, I think it is) and the KIP software to our Unix hosts. I would like to be able to print from this macintosh to the LaserWriters hooked on to the network as if the printer is connected to the Mac itself, from within an application. To this end, I obtained the CAP package and compiled it on one of our 4.3 BSD Vax. Only program so far that I'm interested in is "lwsrv", which spools files from the Mac to the LW. I have been successful in getting the files to spool correctly to the printer. I can see the file sitting in the queue, and the yellow light on the printer blinks as if it would print. However, after a while, the blinking stops and nothing comes out of the printer. I suspect the problem is in getting the correct Dictionary file which lwsrv prepends to the file. There is a README file for lwsrv which says that it will capture the AppleDict the first time, and that I have to modify it to eliminate codes for "stretch" and "smooth". I did all that and still nothing. The Mac runs MacOS 6.0.3 (or whatever the latest is - I forget) and the captured Dictionry file has the header "AppleDict 68" (Does this mean it's LaserPrep version 5.2?) The LW is a plain LW+, not the new breed of LW II's". (Would it make a difference? I could get LW II NTX, but I can't see why that would make any difference) I'd appreciate any help at this point. Perhaps someone can send me their version of the Dictionary file on Unix? Moving the LW to mac and make it the server for Unix hosts is not an option at this time, for various reasons. John (Jonghoon) Sin (Above opinions are my own and etc, etc, etc...) UCLA SEASnet Facilities InterNet: jsin@seas.ucla.edu 2567 Boelter Hall UUCP: ...!(uunet,ucbvax,rutgers)!seas.ucla.edu!jsin Los Angeles, CA. 90024 Voice: (213) 206-6864 */Real Men Don't Use Icons/*
edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu (07/17/89)
In article <25779@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> jsin@island.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (John Sin) writes: >We have a Mac II connected via FastPath box (III, I think it is) and the >KIP software to our Unix hosts. I would like to be able to print from >this macintosh to the LaserWriters hooked on to the network as if the >printer is connected to the Mac itself, from within an application. > >To this end, I obtained the CAP package and compiled it on one of our >4.3 BSD Vax. Only program so far that I'm interested in is "lwsrv", >which spools files from the Mac to the LW. > >I have been successful in getting the files to spool correctly to the >printer. I can see the file sitting in the queue, and the yellow light on >the printer blinks as if it would print. However, after a while, the blinking >stops and nothing comes out of the printer. > >I suspect the problem is in getting the correct Dictionary file which lwsrv >prepends to the file. There is a README file for lwsrv which says that it >will capture the AppleDict the first time, and that I have to modify it to >eliminate codes for "stretch" and "smooth". I did all that and still nothing. There is a set of programs I wrote, call macps and prepfix, that will solve your problem. Prepfix takes a Command-K PostScript file and munges it to works with macps (and also lwsrv). Macps takes a Command-F PostScript file and prepends the appropriate modified LaserPrep file and sends the result to the standard output (much like what lwsrv does), which would typically be a pipe to an lpr command. Macps are for those who have Macs not connected directly to a network (like mine at home) and who would like to print to a PostScript printer that is available from a Unix machine. Anyways, enough commercial. Prepfix can be used to generate the appropriate LaserPrep files for use with lwsrv. It (along with macps) is available via anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the info-mac/unix directory. It was also posted to comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.mac recently. Edward Moy Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix Workstation Support Services Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy