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From: RSILVERMAN@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU (Richard Silverman)
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Subject: Re: Changing Apple LaserWriter type
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Date: 25 Apr 89 17:58:48 GMT
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Jeff,
	Your idea will work just fine; it's exactly what a spooler does when
it takes over a printer.  To change the printer's NBP name, use the following:

serverdict begin 0 exitserver	% assuming your printer password is 0
statusdict begin
(PrinterName:PrinterType@*) setprintername	% PrinterType could be 'Laser'

The 'product' string is just the name of the printer type, e.g.
'LaserWriter II NT'; just for identification purposes.

                                                Richard Silverman

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