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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
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Subject: Re: HP111 postscript file io
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Date: 7 Nov 90 16:49:50 GMT
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>There are various different PostScript printers in existence, some of which
>have hard disks (to store fonts and other things on). The file operators in
>PostScript enable you to access the hard disks attached to the PRINTER.

ok, thanks to numerous replies I now understand that the
only valid file write operation for a printer with no
attached file system is to %stdout.  Unfortunately my PC
doesn't recoginse the incoming data.

>
>What exactly were you trying to achieve?

I want remote notification of printer status (like I get
from a laserwriter connected to a unix system).

I guessed that since the HP has a (very nice) built in status
display that it may not automatically spit out an error/log file.
(this still could be the case - anybody know for sure?)

I thought I could force output with a writestring operation.
I guess I wont know if this works until I get the HP connected
to a friendlier host.

-thanks for all your help.
-george

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-george   @sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu