Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!taob
From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: 5.0.3 & AWGS problem
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Date: 13 Nov 90 16:30:09 GMT
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Organization: People-Net [pnet91], Etobicoke, ON
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From rankins@argentina (raymond r rankins):

> A curious question.  Is this what the Printer.Setup file is for that's
> in the drivers directory.  Is it only there to store that last setup
> that you used for your printer?  I'm curious because I noticed that on
> the 5.0.3 tools disk, there was a separate *.setup file for each type
> of printer.  When I gets installed, it gets installed as
> printer.setup.  I was trying to install the Laserwriter after
> installing the Imagewriter, and it replaced the printer.setup file
> that was installed for the Imagewriter printer.  Does it matter?  Does
> it make any difference when printing alternatively between the
> Imagewriter and the LaserWriter (well, actually, printing to a
> Postscript file on disk) which *.setup file gets installed by the
> installer?

    When you select a new printer/port combination from the Control Panel, it
stores the configuration in the printer.setup file in the Drivers folder.  The
IW.PSetup and LW.PSetup and Epson.PSetup, etc. which the Installer uses simply
contains the setup for the particular printer already in the file so you don't
have to make the extra step of choosing the right printer after you install
it.  There is no other difference.

    Does anyone know where the user name is stored?  Everytime a create a
PostScript file, the file header reads something like "User -
(D*&)O#LIRHF)D*Y (#$&(O hf 0" or whatever, with a whole bunch of control codes
thrown in.  When I print this out with a Mac, the user name is so long it
pushes the rest of the info (like the name of the document I'm printing) out
of the dialog box.  Is it stored somewhere in the printer.setup file?

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