[WinMac] Mac printing in a PC world
Victor Forberger(vforberg[at]lynx.dac.neu.edu)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:19:27 -0400
A request for some advice.
I'm an adjunct in the Sociology department where there are two printers, both
connected to a campus ethernet network (run with Banyan Vines) that I have
access to through the chooser. Unfortunately, the printer that I am supposed
to use does not understand postscript (it's an HP 5N), and I'm not in the
position to talk to them about upgrading it to postscript. They let me use
the other printer (HP 4si), but I'm limited to printing material that directly
relates to the class (e.g. grade sheets or assignments students email to me).
I would like to print stuff that I need for my research. Right now, I link to
another printer in another building, send my printouts there, and hope they
are still there when I pick them up later in the day.
PowerPrint is apparently out as a solution. It requires a serial connection
to operate, and the Pro version is overkill for my needs (I'm not creating the
network nor do I have the big bucks on an adjunct salary). I have a copy of
Ghostscript so I can generate the raw HPL print codes, I just don't know how
to send it to the printer over the network.
Ideally, I would like a chooser driver to send HPL code instead of postscript
to the printer. Is there one available (an HP deskjet driver I found requires
a serial connection so it does not work)? Or, is there a way to send my
Ghostscript output over the network to the printer? Of course, with the
Ghostscript solution I would need to automate printing (probably with
applescript). It would be awkward, but at least I could print my research.
While I'm not sure it makes a difference, all the department's printers are
captured and tied and selected and whatever by the Vines network and attached
spoolers. In other words, I cannot gain control of them with either Apple's
printing utility or HP's printing utility because of the spoolers.
Thanks for your help,
Victor Forberger
Northeastern University
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