Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!claris!wombat From: wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Appleserve, Choose Printer, etc. Message-ID: <9096@claris.com> Date: 18 Mar 89 01:54:19 GMT References: <8903171133.aa08047@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA Lines: 24 From article <8903171133.aa08047@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, by AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons"): >>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 89 22:04:55 -0500 (EST) >>From: "Jeremy G. Mereness" > >>Appleserve, also known as Lasershare, is a print server running off >>of a dedicated Mac. A Mac "captures" a Laserwriter on the Appletalk >>network and proceeds to spool a queue to the device. I have tried to >>use the //GS's Imagewriter Emulator on it, but it won't work. [...] > > Oh, _that_. I didn't recognize the name, but I've used it. I guess > I never tried printing to the LaserWriter as an emulated ImageWriter > through Appleserve. In what way did it fail to work for you? I've only heard it called LaserShare. Running Lasershare 1.0 I just successfully printed to a Macintosh spooler. There was no problem uploading the emulator (with chooserII), however, you might have to tell your text application (APW, etc) that you need linefeeds after carriage returns. -- Scott Lindsey |"Cold and misty morning. I heard a warning borne in the air Claris Corp. | About an age of power when no one had an hour to spare" ames!claris!wombat| DISCLAIMER: These are not the opinions of Claris, Apple, wombat@claris.com | StyleWare, the author, or anyone else living or dead.