dmk@nucs.cs.nu.oz (David Koch) (02/21/91)
We have a Laserwriter 2NT on an Localtalk network, gateway'd to Ethernet (via a Webster Multigate) for the benefit of various UNIX machines. Mac's on Localtalk and hosts on Ethernet can print to the Laserwriter. So far so good. Today, we have added a BDT LF890 triple bin feeder (plus enevelopes!) to the Laserwriter 2NT. The sheetfeeder manufacturer has provided the appropriate Mac software drivers, but the UNIX side of things is unaddressed. Explicit page feed commands are now required, and extra code is loaded down via appletalk to the printer to enable it to talk via its RS232 serial port to the sheetfeeder controller. We have quickly tried to analyse the different postscript output between print jobs that include the pagefeed commands and output that does not include them. We then attempted to graft the sheetfeeder specific setup code and then the explicit page feed commands into a troff'd file whose output had been ditroff to postscript massaged by dlw - this did not work and obviously requires a great deal more thought and effort. The output from dlw is rather contorted, so an initial lack of success is understandable. Has anyone else been done this path? Will we be re-inventing a paperweight? Solutions, hints or suggestion are all welcome. David Koch, Technical Manager Department of Computer Science, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia Ph: +61 49 216080/216034, Fax: +61 49 601712, AARnet: dmk@nucs.newcastle.edu.au David Koch, Professional Officer Department of Computer Science, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Ph: (049) 216080/216034 Fax: (049) 601712, AARnet: dmk@nucs.newcastle.edu.au