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