pyrros@cis.udel.edu (Christos Pyrros) (05/23/91)
Thanks again for everyone's help with getting the 3c501 (sorry, it IS an ISA bus, I got confused...) working. Now, for the tough one: I'd like to print from a lowly 8088 to the NeXT Laser Printer hanging off my NeXT. It's a PostScript printer. Can I print transparently from popular software (ie WordPerfect) by assigning the net printer to COM2 or something? The NeXT lets me make the printer public to the net and assign it a name, so I'd assume it's compatible. Chris
goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu (05/23/91)
In article <54473@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, pyrros@cis.udel.edu (Christos Pyrros) writes: > Thanks again for everyone's help with getting the 3c501 (sorry, it IS an > ISA bus, I got confused...) working. > > Now, for the tough one: I'd like to print from a lowly 8088 to the > NeXT Laser Printer hanging off my NeXT. It's a PostScript printer. > > Can I print transparently from popular software (ie WordPerfect) by > assigning the net printer to COM2 or something? > > The NeXT lets me make the printer public to the net and assign it a name, > so I'd assume it's compatible. Well, yes, as long as your ip software on the PC supports printer redirection via the LPR/LPD daemon. You will, however, run into a few problems because I don't think WP 5.1 has a "NeXT" postscript printer definition. You may find some things that don't print (e.g. graphical characters created inside wp 5.1, like the stuff produced by the equation editor. At least that has been my experience with os/2 wp5.0 and a NeXT printer.... > > Chris -- Adrian Goldman | Internet: Goldman@MBCL.Rutgers.Edu Molecular Biology Computing Laboratory | Bitnet: Goldman@BioVAX Waksman Insitute, | Phone: (908) 932-4864 Rutgers University, | Fax: (908) 932-5735 Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA |