qsralkv@pyr.gatech.EDU (Keith Vaughn) (04/21/89)
A/UX 1.1 apparently supports the print manager - is comes with the chooser DA. However, by default, the image writer (or imagewriter II) driver was not included with the initial release. Thus, I copied one from my MAC/OS partition to /usr/lib/mac (A/UX equivalent of the System folder), but chooser gave me problems when I tried to select it claiming the AppleTalk was always active. Also, programs would either hang or core dump if I tried to subsequently print anything using the print manager. My hypothesis is that print drivers cannot support the serial ports directly since these devices are also installed as A/UX kernal device drivers - thus the need for an extra NU-Bus card if you want to run AppleTalk. However, I cannot see any reason why Apple cannot supply a print manager driver that will convert text or PICT to image writer II format and then pipe the output directly into lp (the UNIX line printer spooler) and bypass the actual hardware. This way UNIX and Mac style printing could co-exist. Is anyone aware of anybody who has solved this problem or is working on a similar driver? Without a solution, all my Mac tools that run under A/UX (MacPaint, MacDraw, WingZ, etc.) are worthless without hardcopy.
donn@radar.UUCP (Donn S. Fishbein) (04/23/89)
In article <1483@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> qsralkv@pyr.gatech.EDU (Keith Vaughn) writes: >A/UX 1.1 apparently supports the print manager - is comes with the chooser >DA. In a similar vein, does anyone know if A/UX 1.1 will support printing to a Laserwriter II SC? -- Donn S. Fishbein, MD, PhD CDS Consulting 3473 Golf Club Lane, Nashville, TN 37215 615-385-4755
dwb@sticks.apple.com (David W. Berry) (04/25/89)
In article <263@radar.UUCP> donn@radar.UUCP (Donn S. Fishbein) writes: >In article <1483@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> qsralkv@pyr.gatech.EDU (Keith Vaughn) writes: >>A/UX 1.1 apparently supports the print manager - is comes with the chooser >>DA. > >In a similar vein, does anyone know if A/UX 1.1 will support printing to >a Laserwriter II SC? A/UX 1.1 supports the print manager and the Chooser DA. Unfortunately, it doesn't support the serial manager or the SCSI manager. The net result is that the only Apple print drivers which are currently supported are the AppleTalk ImageWriter and LaserWriter drivers. Support does require the presence of an AppleTalk card. Opinions: MINE, ALL MINE! (greedy evil chuckle) David W. Berry (A/UX Toolbox Engineer) dwb@apple.com 973-5168@408.MaBell AppleLink: berry1