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From: huxham@apple.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: LaserWriter type
Message-ID: <601@apple.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 14:15:19 EST
Article-I.D.: apple.601
Posted: Tue Apr  7 14:15:19 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 00:37:21 EST
References: <5935@dartvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: huxham@apple.UUCP (Fred Huxham)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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In article <5935@dartvax.UUCP> merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) writes:
>I know that I can change a LaserWriter's name to something other than
>"LaserWriter".  Is there any way to change the LaserWriter's TYPE from
>"LaserWriter" to something else.  I know I'll also have to customize a
>driver for it.

See page 307 of the "PostScript Language Reference Manual".  To change
the type (in the AppleTalk NBP sense) of the LaserWriter, you need to change
the product string in the statusdict dictionary.

This is not the kind of thing I'd do everyday.  Once you change it's
type to something other than "LaserWriter", no normal Mac software will
be able to find it.  (Thus, no more printing)

You may however, want to do this if you're implementing a print spooler.
Change the type of the LaserWriter to "RealPrinter" and set the NBP
type of your spooler to "LaserWriter".  Thus when people look for 
LaserWriters to print to, all they see are spoolers.  The spooler knows
about "RealPrinter"'s and so everything works out just fine.


Just be sure you have a program to set the LaserWriter back to a "LaserWriter".

Fred