Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!oberon!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!stevel From: stevel@tybalt.caltech.edu (Steve Ludtke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: app*etalk Message-ID: <7586@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: 12 Aug 88 10:24:16 GMT References: <3620@louie.udel.EDU> <3745@whutt.UUCP> Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: stevel@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Steve Ludtke) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 34 In article <3745@whutt.UUCP> dbk@whutt.UUCP (PFENDER) writes: > >Perhaps someone can advise-- > * Do any of the w.p. programs output Postscript to a FILE rather > than a PRINTER? I'm not sure, but I suspect some of the desktop publishing programs will do this. If you'd rather use a regular word processor, there is a PD Postscript printer driver you can use, and redirecting printer output to a file can be done several differnt ways. If nothing else, there is a PD program that will replace the printer device with one that will save to a file instead of going directly to the serial/parallel port. > * Are there programs (pd or otherwise) readily available that > will do a dump of raw data over an AppleTalk network to a Laser- > writer (i.e. without passing it through an application first)? Although I haven't used it, we have a program called PSdump for the Mac (I think it's PD) which is supposed to dump raw postscript files to Apple*alk laser printers. I don't think this is a foolish proposition at all. I have an Amiga, and do something similar. Rather than going through a Mac, I use the 25 pin serial port on the LaserWriter, and send from my Amiga over our campus network. This method gives me excellent results, and printing takes only as much time as it takes for me to change the switch setting on the printer, and connect to it via the network. Besides, I like the WP program I've got for the Amiga more than any of the Mac WP programs I've used. If you do go the Amiga route, I can dig out the specific progam names you need. Happy decision making. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Ludtke stevel@tybalt.caltech.edu ..!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!stevel stevel@citiago (Bitnet) OBS949 (Amer PPl lnk) 72335,1537 (Compuserve) XJM16487 (Genie)