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Article #3596Re: Printing startup page on Laserwriters
From: Henry McGilton
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 14:21
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 14:21
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In article <BGONDERM.90Nov6085513@dante.nmsu.edu>, bgonderm@nmsu.edu (Bryan Gondermger) writes:
* Does anyone know how to get Apple LaserWriters (plus,
* NT, NTX) to print the startup page on demand? What
* we'd like to do is send some PostScript code to the
* printer to generate it. Note that power cycling the
* printer is not an ideal solution since we have the
* printers captured by a print spooler. Any suggestions?
Here's a PostScript program that works on a IINTX.
========================== cut here =======================================
%!PS
startpage
showpage
========================== cut here =======================================
Don't know what this would do on (say) a Linotronic, or a Display
PostScript server -- it may be specific to the Apple LaserWriter.
........ Henry
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!angel.Eng.Sun.COM!henry From: henry@angel.Eng.Sun.COM (Henry McGilton) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Printing startup page on Laserwriters Summary: Try This Message-ID: <2362@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 8 Nov 90 14:21:21 GMT References: <BGONDERM.90Nov6085513@dante.nmsu.edu> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Distribution: comp Lines: 21