Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mitch Alland) (11/16/90)
Just got my NeXTcube from Bizland and haven't been able to get it to work with my LaserWriter IINT. The printer works fine with the Mac. On the NeXT I tried both "unknown" printer and LaserWriter Plus. What do I do? --Mitch -- Mitch Alland, Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org via The Black Cat's Shack's FidoNet<->Usenet Gateway blkcat.fidonet.org and Fidonet 1:109/401
Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mitch Alland) (11/16/90)
I put up an earlier message saying that I couldn't print to a laserWriter from the NeXT. Checking the console, I beleive the problem must be incorrect ownership of the lock file or spooling directory (whatever that means) because the "console" showed the following messages: "PrintManager [196] cannot chdir to sppoling directory, cannot stat lock file." Also the following "localhost mgr[110]: 10001 couldn't change to spool directory, /usr/spool/NeXT/Local_Printer" Anyone know the solution, for an ignaramus in Unix? --Mitch -- Mitch Alland, Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org via The Black Cat's Shack's FidoNet<->Usenet Gateway blkcat.fidonet.org and Fidonet 1:109/401
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (11/19/90)
In article <2438.27446F82@blkcat.fidonet.org> Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mitch Alland) writes: >Just got my NeXTcube from Bizland and haven't been able to get it to >work with my LaserWriter IINT. The printer works fine with the Mac. On >the NeXT I tried both "unknown" printer and LaserWriter Plus. What do >I do? It's closer to LaserWriter Plus. This worked OK for us (though 9600 is oh-so-slow): Local_Printer|lw: \ :lp=/dev/ttya:ty=LaserWriter NT:sd=/usr/spool/lw:tr=^D:note: \ :lf=/usr/adm/lp-log:af=/usr/adm/lp.acct:br#9600:rw:fc#0000374: \ :fs#0000003:xc#0:xs#0040040:mx#0:sf:sb:if=/usr/lib/transcript/psif: \ :gf=/usr/lib/transcript/psgf:nf=/usr/lib/transcript/psnf: \ :tf=/usr/lib/transcript/pstf:rf=/usr/lib/transcript/psrf: \ :vf=/usr/lib/transcript/psvf:cf=/usr/lib/transcript/pscf: \ :df=/usr/lib/transcript/psdf: The only notable limitation here is that you're stuck with 7-bit data, which isn't a severe restriction, except for a few cases I've seen where image is used with readstring instead of readhexstring. Drop the above in a file, say mkdir /usr/spool/lw chown daemon.daemon /usr/spool/lw chmod 770 /usr/spool/lw niload printcap . <filename and restart lpd. -=EPS=-
Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mitch Alland) (11/24/90)
I tried to print with the Tekton font that I transferred from the Mac to the NeXT, but all the text in Tekton came out in Courier because Tekton is not one of the fonts resident in the LaserWriter. On the Mac there's a program called Font Downloader that downloads non-reident fonts. What do I have to do on the NeXT? --Mitch -- Mitch Alland, Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org via The Black Cat's Shack's FidoNet<->Usenet Gateway blkcat.fidonet.org and Fidonet 1:109/401
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (12/01/90)
In article <2550.2750F5C9@blkcat.fidonet.org> Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mitch Alland) writes: |I tried to print with the Tekton font that I transferred from the |Mac to the NeXT, but all the text in Tekton came out in Courier |because Tekton is not one of the fonts resident in the |LaserWriter. On the Mac there's a program called Font Downloader |that downloads non-reident fonts. What do I have to do on the |NeXT? Well, there is a Font Downloader that comes with NeXT fonts, too, but only if you buy them from Adobe in NeXT format.