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From: rcopm@koel.rmit.oz (Paul Menon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Help.. Accessing LaserWriter's PAP routines
Message-ID: <270@koel.rmit.oz>
Date: Sun, 2-Aug-87 23:52:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: koel.270
Posted: Sun Aug  2 23:52:01 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Aug-87 01:31:01 EDT
Organization: RMIT Comm & Elec Eng, Melbourne, Australia.
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Keywords: PAP

hi,
  I am looking at making a program to download unix PostScript files to
a LW via a Mac's serial ports: ie one Appletalk and one RS-232.  It may take
the form of an INIT program or even standalone (in the first instance).  This
will allow unix and Macs to access the LW.

  I would appreciate some help in getting to the PAP routines embedded in
the relevant driver (eg LaserWriter), namely the resource no's of PAPOPen etc.
I have noted that MacTutor had at one time shown a spool program in Megamax C, 
but there were a few hacks.  I have a 1985 version of Oppenheimer's PostScript
dump program from Inside LaserWriter and am wondering whether any leads to 
implementing the Pascal interface stubs. I will be using LightSpeed Pascal.  
If it comes down to it I may have to dive in with a disassembler/debugger.

Thankyou,


Paul Menon.

    Dept of Communication & Electronic Engineering,
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
    124 Latrobe St, Melbourne, 3000, Australia
 
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