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From: werner@molokai.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Directing printer output
Summary: try a printer-spooler
Message-ID: <2413@molokai.sw.mcc.com>
Date: 1 Jun 89 08:33:45 GMT
References: <4276@druhi.ATT.COM> <1110@draken.nada.kth.se>
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In article <1110@draken.nada.kth.se>, d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
> In article <4276@druhi.ATT.COM> suelh@druhi.ATT.COM (Sue Hendrix) writes:
 
> >I have a friend who would like to take printer output and direct it to a disk
> >file, primarily to save Infocom game scripts to an editable file. 
 
> Easy way ? Nope. Apart from encapsulating the PostScript(TM) that should
> have gone to the LaserWriter, if you use the Standard Print Package (i.e.
> "Print" in most DTP, Word Processing and Graphic Design programs) there is
> no easy way to redirect data from the printer to disk.

	maybe, you could use a print-spooler like DiskFit and check
	out if the spooled data can be easily inspected.

	then there is the pseudo-printer driver Preview, which allows
	you to display printer output on the screen;  maybe it can be
	mucked to give you disk output that is useful.

	there is something else, but I can't think of it at the moment ...

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