3423YKN@CMUVM.BITNET (02/07/91)
I would like to do the following: From Pagestream- print a file to disk but pipe this normally huge file to or through a compression program or device for transporting to a laserprinter connected to a PC. It would be a standard zoo, zip, or lzh file so it could be printed right from the archive to the laserprinter. How about a mountable device- AF1: (archive floppy 1). It has been my experience that these disk files can sometimes be compressed up to 90%. Is this do-able? By any currently available means? Any enterprising programmers want to take it on? Am I just dreaming? Dan Bracken 3423ykn@cmuvm.bitnet
m0154@tnc.UUCP (GUY GARNETT) (02/09/91)
I haven't tried this, but have you tried telling PageStream to output to the pipe device? Print to disk file "pipe:foo". Then use a compression program on the pipe file. Wildstar