Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!petunia!news
From: dhom@spica.acs.calpoly.edu (David Hom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Postscript
Message-ID: <2625fc32.3a86@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 13 Apr 90 16:20:02 GMT
References: <23519@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Reply-To: dhom@spica.acs.calpoly.edu.UUCP (David Hom)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <23519@unix.cis.pitt.edu> evan@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Evan Ron Aussenberg) writes:
>
>Lets talk LW drivers for a sec.  Jeremy at CMU says he's using the LW driver
>to print to a file since he doesn't have appletalk online:  Or does he
>(Do you Jeremy?) My LW driver (from 5.02) doesn't show up under the
>direct connect Cdev, and the LW Cdev can't find any laser printers online
>since, ofcourse, I don't use AppleTalk.
>
>Is it possible to use the 5.02 driver w/o appletalk to print a PS file??
>I've been using the 4.0 LW driver that DOES show up under the Direct
>Connect Cdev.
>

Under 5.0.2,  the LW driver looks for Appletalk and if it doesn't find AT, it
won't show up.  All I did was rename my LW driver from "laserwriter" to
"postscript".  The driver no longer looks for AT and I can now choose it as
a direct connect printer.  I guess the OS is hardcoded to require appletalk
if a driver named "Laserwriter" is present.  

Dave
dhom@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu