[WinMac] Publishing virtual PostScript printers from NT
Mike Rubin(mdrubin[at]tiac.net)
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:00:10 -0400
Hi,
Are there any Windows NT products out there that will publish a virtual
PostScript printer and write the PostScript print stream into a file?
We are printing to a Harlequin-based RIP on Windows NT. The RIP publishes
virtual printers, and we directly print to these virtual printers from
the Mac. However, we would like to pre-process the print stream using a
utility that reads from and writes into hot folders. In other words, with
this product X, the workflow would look like:
- User prints from Mac to virtual printer published by X.
- X copies the PostScript print stream into a file in hot folder A. It
also handles PostScript queries (for font list, etc.) by indirectly
querying a printer published by the RIP.
- Our pre-processor utility reads the file from hot folder A and writes a
new PostScript file into hot folder B.
- The RIP reads the file in hot folder B and processes the PostScript.
I know that Color Central has this capability, but we'd be paying a lot
for OPI and other features that we don't need.
Thanks for your help.
- Mike Rubin
- SilverLogic Incorporated
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