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Article #9466Re: Redirect printing to a file?
From: greg berryman
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 16:36
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 16:36
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morris@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Ted Morris) writes: : We are using a terminal emulation package to access a CD-ROM gateway : which runs MS-DOS-based search engines to retrieve data from the : CD-ROMs. Since we're having the Macs act as terminals, users can print : to their "slave printer" (as DEC VMS calls them) attached to their Macs, : but can't "download." For the MS-DOS users, we have a program which can : be turned on and off to redirect information destined for the printer to : a file instead. Is there something like this for the Mac? It would : have to be something the user could turn on and off at will, during a : work session. : I don't know if such a program exists, we use Versaterm for our terminal emulation package and it will happily stream capture any session or part of a session. Other emulation packages will do so too. Perhaps it would be possible to change terminal emulators. Remember, the above free advice is worth what you paid for it. Greg. -- My words, not Motorola's. * ______ * gpb@gpb-mac.sps.mot.com * \ BI / * I will NOT ride in the back of the bus. Greg Berryman (512)928-6014 * \ / * SILENCE = DEATH Motorola Austin, Texas, USA * \/ * First, be true to yourself.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spsgate!mogate!newsgate!gpb-mac!gpb From: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman ) Subject: Re: Redirect printing to a file? Message-ID: <1992Dec13.163630.14676@newsgate.sps.mot.com> Sender: usenet@newsgate.sps.mot.com Nntp-Posting-Host: 222.1.248.85 Organization: SPS X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 References: <Bz3xp5.1AD@ucunix.san.uc.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 16:36:30 GMT Lines: 26