peter@netlab.cis.brown.edu (Peter DiCamillo) (03/14/91)
Archive-name: internet/lpr/dicamillo-mactcp-lpr/1991-03-14
Archive: brownvm.brown.edu:lpr11b1.seahqx [128.148.128.40]
Original-posting-by: peter@netlab.cis.brown.edu (Peter DiCamillo)
Original-subject: Re: lpr implementations for MacOS (and lpr redirectors)
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)
I've just finished updating an lpr program I wrote for MacTCP, and it is
available now via anonymous FTP to brownvm.brown.edu. It's a self-
extracting Compact Pro archive, found in the file lpr11b1.seahqx.
This version of lpr is fairly standard, but does have a few special
features. An option is available to have text files formatted on the
Mac. The formatting can include interpreting the Pascal directives
{EJECT} and {TITLE text} which are used by one of our programming
courses. For our IBM mainframe users, selecting "VM Printer" in
the "Destination" settings causes lpr to request a userid and password
which is verified by the LPD server on the host. Finally, lpr can
print a set of files together by reading a file which lists the files
to be printed. This version of lpr is only useful for printing Macintosh
text files. I find it quite useful for printing MPW sources files on
our mainframe printer.
Peter DiCamillo
cmsmaint@brownvm.brown.edu