Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!rpp386!woody From: woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: using parallel and serial ports Message-ID: <17616@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 10 Jan 90 13:35:19 GMT References: <4386@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <17544@rpp386.cactus.org> <1348@mitisft.Convergent.COM> Organization: River Parishes Programming, Plano, TX Lines: 43 > >> TFM manual doesn't say anything more than "use switch 4 for parallel, and > Also, the er ... manual doesn't tell you how to switch between Diablo 630 > emulation and Postscript or LJ emulations through software. The PSEXEC > utilities don't do it either. > > Is this also an "undocumented" feature? yes it is. The Diablo is a pain, but the Lj emulation switch is fairly easy. the PSEXEC program does the switch beautifully. I use it all the time. I wrote the guts of the emulation switching for it. There are several files that are downloaded by the PSEXEC. if you look at all the text files, you will find the needed code. Look for the *.prt files. Someone else wrote the outer skeleton and wrapped some stuff around the core routines, try this: It is NOT complete really. There are several other things that need to be done for this to really work well serverdict begin statusdict begin hplj serverdict begin statusdict begin hpgl %hp GL emulation ^D drops you back to PS. in some of the newer versions, there exist exechplj and exechpgl commands, as well. I have *NEVER* gotten the r option in readnews to work without bouncing me off the mailer daemon, so you are not alone in your troubles with mail stuff cheers Woody > > >> > >> Thanx in advance for any help. > >> > Yeah, from me too > > >> Please respond by e-mail as I haven't the time to read this group regularly. > My mail system doesn't always work. And I *do* read the news. Please post > here. > > > > > > (wasted so the mailer god hears my prayer)