Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsk!markg
From: markg@cbnewsk.att.com (mark.r.gibaldi)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Printing WinWord remotely? /// Win3.0 Genoa VGA driver?
Message-ID: <1990Jul13.194117.647@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 13 Jul 90 19:41:17 GMT
References: <4995@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I have had no trouble at all printing laserwriter II NT output remotely
as the original poster has had.  I set up the printer to print to a file.
Deep in the printer configration dialog boxes, it asks whether or not to
create an "encapsulated" postcript file on output.  I said yes. 

I then print to disk, kermit it up to the host computer, and print it on 
the laser writer.  Two points.   1) do not send any printer initialization
strings.  The printer by default expects valid postscript files.  2) make
sure you send the "raw" file to the printer.  Most print spoolers run
through filters which create a postscript file designed to recreate the
original file inputed.  For example use lpr -o raw.


Mark R. Gibaldi
AT&T Bell Laboratories
mrg@cblph.att.com