porter@caip.rutgers.edu (Adam Porter) (10/22/90)
I'm using Microsoft Word 5.0 (actually 5.0B) and I'm having trouble
printing to a network PostScript printer. The PC talks to a Sun4
server via PC-NFS. In order to print a file, I have to print to a
file (ESC P F), shell to DOS or do Library Run, and do a PC-NFS net
print of the output file. Is there a way to do this directly (ESC
Print Printer)? Thanks...
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Adam Porter: Assistant SysAdmin, NEC Research Institute, Princeton NJ
adam@research.nec.com {...}!princeton!necserve!adam C:\> alpbxw@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Brad Willcott) (10/22/90)
porter@caip.rutgers.edu (Adam Porter) writes: >I'm using Microsoft Word 5.0 (actually 5.0B) and I'm having trouble >printing to a network PostScript printer. The PC talks to a Sun4 >server via PC-NFS. In order to print a file, I have to print to a >file (ESC P F), shell to DOS or do Library Run, and do a PC-NFS net >print of the output file. Is there a way to do this directly (ESC >Print Printer)? Thanks... You need to 'mount' a network printer. Talk to your System Administrator about setting up the access rights. Then, run 'nfsconf' to add/mount the printer. I mount our 'Apple Laserwriter II NT', twice. As 'lpt2:' for direct throughput, no mods by PC-NFS, and as 'lpt3:' to wrap text in Postscript, by PC-NFS. Word of advice: Don't setup the printer with a 'hot-key' to start spooling the print-file to the (physical) printer (ie: on the Sun). Use either the time-out option, or the program termination option. What I have done, is to use the second option above, and also setup a macro within MS Word to do: <esc>lrnet print * lpt2:<enter> and save it for use with a control-key combination. I also have a dot-matrix printer connected to 'lpt1:'. Here are the two macros that I use with MS Word 4: "Setup_PS.mac^<ctrl S>p" ---------------------------8<----------------------------- <ctrl esc>w<enter><enter>10<tab>y<enter>^<ctrl x>^<ctrl f8>^<esc> LRC:\NFS\NET PRINT * LPT2:^<enter><shift f10><esc><enter> print^^<ctrl f8><enter><esc>tgs<enter><esc>wc<enter>n<esc> popostscrp<tab>lpt2:<enter><esc> ---------------------------8<----------------------------- This macro sets up MS Word 4 to access a PC-NFS mounted printer. In this case a Postsript printer (Apple Laserwriter II NT). WARNING: This macro should NOT be run when you have multiple document windows open. Especially if you are in ZOOM mode. First it opens a window at line 10, then writes into the new 'doc': "^<ctrl x> ... LPT2:^<enter>" Then the whole doc is selected. The selection is then copied to the glossary under macro name: "print^<ctrl f8>" - use ^^ when creating the Setup macro. This is to replace the default actions of <ctrl F8> with the extra actions required to print & start the spooling to the physical printer. NOTE: Replace "C:\NFS" with the path to your copy of 'NET.exe'. Next the glossary is saved: "tgs<enter>" Then the window is closed, without saving the document, and we change both the printer driver and the printer port. Be sure to leave MS Word properly, when you have finished with it, so as to update the 'word.ini' file. "Setup_DM.mac^<ctrl S>d" ---------------------------8<----------------------------- <ctrl esc>tgcprint<enter>y<esc>tgs<enter> <esc>potoshp351<tab>lpt1:<enter><esc> ---------------------------8<----------------------------- This macro is to setup to print to a local dot-matrix printer (Toshiba P351), after having been setup for printing to the network printer. This un-does the actions of the "Setup_PS.mac" macro above. First it removes the <ctrl F8> macro from the glossary, then saves the glossary. Next it changes the printer driver and the printer port to that of the local printer. I am sorry that this is for MS Word 4, but I don't (at this time) intend to up-grade to version 5. I hope you can understand enough of what I have done to be able to modify the macros to work with the version 5 menus. You will need some understanding of the macro language of MS Word 5, as well as the manuals for PC-NFS. Good luck. E-mail me if you need more help. Brad. -- Brad Willcott, ACSnet: bxw@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz Computing Services, Internet: bxw@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au Australian Defence Force Academy, UUCP:!uunet!munnari.oz.au!ccadfa.oz!bxw Northcott Dr. Campbell ACT Australia 2600 +61 6 268 8584 +61 6 268 8150 (Fax)
pilger@uhunix2.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Eric Pilger) (10/23/90)
In article <Oct.21.15.22.49.1990.8866@caip.rutgers.edu> porter@caip.rutgers.edu (Adam Porter) writes: > >I'm using Microsoft Word 5.0 (actually 5.0B) and I'm having trouble >printing to a network PostScript printer. The PC talks to a Sun4 >server via PC-NFS. In order to print a file, I have to print to a >file (ESC P F), shell to DOS or do Library Run, and do a PC-NFS net >print of the output file. Is there a way to do this directly (ESC >Print Printer)? Thanks... >-- I'm afraid its RTM time again (although in my smug all-know-it-ness, I can't remember exactly where.) I believe it is in the application notes. They give grueling details of how to edit the postscript prefix file. I have done this, and it works. It even continues to work for non-networked printers. I just set the printer to print after 30 seconds, and everything works fine. (prt -T30 *, print after 5 minutes) Eric Pilger Systems Programmer NASA Infrared Telescope Facility