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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sun (LaserWriter) Postscript Printer Driver
Message-ID: <130@snll-arpagw.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 89 14:35:35 GMT
Reply-To: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Organization: Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA
Lines: 54

In article <19040@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> wrote:
->Ok, I have been generating 'screendump' graphic images on our local Sun
->laser printer (LaserWriter) by using 'Clipit' to save the image in IFF,
->and ProWrite/ProScript to generate a Postscript file that is then sent
->to the Sun fileserver via Dnet and printed with lpr. Not a big problem
->for me,
->
->However...
->
->It seems that this neat little A2500 is getting popular to use around
->here & the aforementioned method of generating screendump output is a
->bit more than anyone besides me is willing to put up with.
->
->Question: Is there a PostScript Printer Driver available such that I
->can then use CMD to redirect the file to my print spool directory on
->the Sun where it is automagically printed out? (from CMD on has been
->accomplished).
->
->Question: Is there an easier way to do this?

OK, I'll let you in to a little secret.  A friend of mine just finished
writing a little program that installs itself in the background (similar
to POPcli and Dmouse).  This little program responds to a special key
press.  You can specify which key to use, and if you want you can mark
it as the PrtSc key.  Funny, but such a key is already marked on the
A2000 keypad.  Getting back to the program, when you push this key,
a copy of you screen is saved in memory.  This takes less than a second,
and you are notified when it's done by a flash of the screen.  Then
the program processes the screen image and writes it out to a file.
He has two versions, one that writes PostScript output, and one for
the NECP6 printer.  By the way, there is no reason why the output file
could not be called SER: for those that have a PostScript printer
tied to you serial port.

Anyway, I'll check with him to see if I can send it and the sources
to Bob Page so other people can benefit from it.

->Thanks

You're welcome

->=======================================================
->       Kent Polk - Southwest Research Institute
->              kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
->-------------------------------------------------------
->       "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing"
->=======================================================


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					-+= SAM =+-
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