wcaw@juliet.caltech.edu (Wilisch, Wolf C. A.) (06/11/91)
Does anyone know about an application or utility (apart from AppleTalk) that would allow me to have my ImageWriter print in the background (SE/4MB/6.0.4) ? Thanks in advance Chris Wilisch wcaw@juliet.caltech.edu
long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun10.173012.14615@nntp-server.caltech.edu>, wcaw@juliet.caltech.edu (Wilisch, Wolf C. A.) writes... > >Does anyone know about an application or utility (apart from >AppleTalk) that would allow me to have my ImageWriter print >in the background (SE/4MB/6.0.4) ? Appletalk wouldn't help. Until Apple (poke!) finally gets it together with their "new printing architecture", Imagewriter spooling is limited to third party and *ware alternatives. Third party solutions: For serial: Superspool For Appletalk: Superlaserspool Both are from Fifth Generation Systems. *ware solutions: Multispool: INIT/DA? Never used it. Print Aid: This is not a spooler, but allows you to shove the offending printing application into the background. There may be other possibilities I haven't mentioned. Hope it helps, Richard C. Long | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com | Selfware: If you like --------------- | ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long | this program, send A First Edition | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com | yourself five bucks!
derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (06/13/91)
wcaw@juliet.caltech.edu (Wilisch, Wolf C. A.) writes: >Does anyone know about an application or utility (apart from >AppleTalk) that would allow me to have my ImageWriter print >in the background (SE/4MB/6.0.4) ? The SuperSpool people have such an animal that I used once upon a time. Unfortunately, I found that the cpu power to drive the spooler (which is what prints in the background), didn't leave anything left to do some useful application work. Therefore, there was no point in using a spooler if I had to wait for the printing to get done anyway. It is a good idea but needs more horsepower to accomplish than a SE has. -- = Enjoy! = = John DeRosa, Motorola, Inc, Cellular Infrastructure Group = = e-mail: motcid!derosaj@uunet.uu.net, n1111@applelink.apple.com = =I do not hold by employer responsible for any information in this message =
jonesw@motcid.UUCP (Wesley S. Jones) (06/13/91)
Does anyone know how to print in the background (again while using an Image- Writer) when using System 7.0? I have used PrintSpool from sometime but it does not work with System 7.0 :-( -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Wesley Stuart Jones motcid\!whitefish\!jonesw@uunet.uu.net %% %% wstuartj@ecn.purdue.edu %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%