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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
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Subject: Re: HP IIISi (was Re: Apple's June release Laser printers)
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Date: 11 Apr 91 19:54:23 GMT
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From article <1991Apr10.184719.1554@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>, by dhoyman@fammed.wisc.edu:
> If you are looking at using the multiple PL (HPL or Postscript), keep in mind
> that this printer does not switch automatically like a QMS 410/810 does. 
> Instead it must be sent a control sequence.  This is unfortunate, because it
> sounds like a good candidate for a multi-platform, networked printer.  Without
> an internal ability to sense the PL needed by the print job, it would appear
> that a printer daemon is needed for this task.

Depends on the environment.  If you have BSD lpr, you can just define
two printers, say lp-ps and lp-hpl, and define different printer filters
for each.  The filter would send the appropriate magic trash ahead of
the file to be printed.

--
Paul DuBois                               "The 'C' shell usually doesn't
dubois@primate.wisc.edu                   have job control." -- LAN TIMES