LaserWriter driver that can pipe to UNIX commands
Ron Flax
ron at afsg.apple.com
Wed Sep 19 12:28:44 AEST 1990
Many of you have wanted to be able to print from Mac applications
running on A/UX 2.0 to a PostScript device connected to another machine
across your TCP/IP network using lpr.
Until now the only way to do it was to use the undocumented <Command-F>
option at the print dialog to dump a PostScript file that you could later
send to the printer. This is not necessary anymore.
INTRODUCING: AUXLaserWriter
What AUXLaserWriter does is it takes the PostScript output that the
driver itself produces, and it pipes it to a UNIX process that you
define. You can pipe the output to lpr or lp or even to cat so that
you can redirect it to a disk file.
AUXLaserWriter is available via anonymous ftp from afsg.apple.com
[192.1.34.2] on the Internet. look in ~ftp/pub for a file called
aux.writer2.0.tar.Z
AUXLaserWriter is NOT supported by Apple in any way, shape, or form.
It is being provided on an "as is" basis as a service to the A/UX user
community since it is deemed to be a very useful tool. Please pass it
on to those you think can benefit from it.
The archive consists of 4 files, the driver itself, two LaserPrep
files, and a README which describes installation. There is builtin
help that is accessible from the driver when it is selected in the
chooser and you are modifying one of the commands.
Enjoy!
--
Ron Flax
ron at afsg.apple.com
Apple Federal Systems Group
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