how to make "autoswitch" print driver for NEC model 95 ?

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From: Andy Poulsen
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:50

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hi,

i've got an NEC silentwriter model 95, which does both postscript 
level 2 and pcl 5 (laserjet 3).  it comes with an autoswitching driver
for dos/windows, but nothing for os2.  i called NEC and got the codes
that are required for mode switching, and have been playing around with
writing an "lpr" program that will autoswitch, but that only works for
files that i've already got on disk.

so my question is:  is it possible to write a program that could be
attached say, to the laserjet 3 driver, which would intercept any job
sent to the laserjet 3, then send the codes to switch to laserjet 3
mode, wait about 15 seconds (for the printer to complete the mode
switch), then print the file(s), and finally switch back to postscript
mode?  this would be very convenient, and i would imagine there are
others who could benefit from such a program....

thanks for any help!

andy

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