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Article #8855Re: Printer identification...
From: Vidiot
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 05:16
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 05:16
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In article <YZluIfu00Wo_05k1A=@andrew.cmu.edu> jj1h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joseph Jackson) writes:
<The question I have is how can I tell what type of printer is at the
<other end of a serial line? To save myself many "house-calls", I'd
<like to find a bit of PostScript code which prints revealing information
<back up the serial line to the spooling workstation. This will save me
<from applying the speed-up procedure to printers for which it obviously
<won't work.
%!
/in {72 mul} def
/Courier findfont 18 scalefont setfont
1 in 8 in moveto
statusdict /product get show
showpage
The above piece of code places the output on the printer itself. It is
a start, though not exactly what you are looking for.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!uwvax!astroatc!vidiot!brown From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Printer identification... Message-ID: <109@vidiot.UUCP> Date: 2 Feb 90 05:16:43 GMT References: <YZluIfu00Wo_05k1A=@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Organization: Vidiot's Hangout Lines: 21