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From: ron@afsg.apple.com (Ron Flax)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: LaserWriter driver that can pipe to UNIX commands
Keywords: Printing, lpr, lp, A/UX, happy
Message-ID: <452@afsg.apple.com>
Date: 19 Sep 90 02:28:44 GMT
Organization: Apple Federal Systems Group
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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@afsg.apple.com	
Apple Federal Systems Group