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In article <DENNIS.90Mar8223400@yang.cpac.washington.edu> dennis@yang.cpac.washington.edu (Dennis Gentry) writes:
>
>   >	I wonder if anybody knows  whether it is possible to directly print 
>   >from a Macintosh computer  (II, IIcx,  IIci, or SE) to a NeXT laser printer.
>   >I wanted to do  this because  the NeXT laser printer is so much more cheaper
>   >than Apple's Laserwriter.  Please let me know what hardware and software
>   >are needed.  
>
>   If you mean sending the Macintosh PostScript output to the NeXT printer, the
>   answer is no.  The NeXT laser printer is cheaper partly because it is lack-
>
>   [incorrect hypothesis about NeXT laser printer deleted]
>
>This is wrong.  I regularly print Mac postscript output on a
>cube's laser printer.  To produce a postscript file on the Mac,
>press command-F (or command-K to avoid the PS header) just after
>you click "OK" in a print dialog.  Move the file (probably named
>PostScript0) to the cube (Kermit, ftp, zmodem, daynafile, or
>whatever).  Print it using "lpr".
>

No, I don't believe that I am wrong.  Reread the question--it doesn't refer
to transferring the Mac Postscript output to the cube, it refers to a the
possibility of a direct connection of the NeXT laser printer to a Mac, so
that the Mac can print on the NeXT laser printer, *without having to go
through the cube*. (<--very important distinction.)

Now, I understand that if you are using lpr to print anything, that the
cube's Display Postscript interpreter takes care of the image processing,
and bit-blasts the output to the printer.  This is a very important dis-
tinction, as the Apple LaserWriter has a built-in Postscript interpreter,
and doesn't need to have a computer to do the imaging for it.

So what's the point of all this?  I claim that you cannot hook a NeXT laser
printer to a Mac, and have it display Postscript output.  That was the
question that was asked, and I believe my answer stands.

Thank you kindly,

-Dennis R. Spexet II
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