Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #10392Re: Wanted: "NULL" printer driver
From: Chris Sterritt
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 13:25
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 13:25
25 lines
1544 bytes
1544 bytes
In article <1990Jan23.034921.569@smsc.sony.com> dce@smsc.Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes:
>For some silly reason, there are programmers who feel that not
>having a printer connected to a Mac warrants an alert. When this
>is a DA that is used a lot, it can be very annoying.
How RUDE!
>Does anyone know of a way to fake the system into appearing like
>it has a printer without actually having one? I can't just install
>a driver and choose it, since it takes over my printer port, which
>is where my modem is (my MIDI interface is on the modem port).
Use the 'Preview' printer driver. What it does is, when you 'print' to it,
it draws a representation of the printout on the screen, tying up no
printer ports. It *should* be in the archives, or I'll post it if requested.
>David Elliott
>dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce
--chris sterritt
chris@adms-rad.unisys.com
>"Never call a crazed psychotic a crazed psychotic."
S/he may call you one back... :-)
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<198@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!aplcen!haven!udel!burdvax!gvlv2!imagine!chrisReferences:
<1990Jan23.034921.569@smsc.sony.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!aplcen!haven!udel!burdvax!gvlv2!imagine!chris From: chris@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Wanted: "NULL" printer driver Message-ID: <198@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM> Date: 24 Jan 90 13:25:44 GMT References: <1990Jan23.034921.569@smsc.sony.com> Reply-To: chris@ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt) Organization: Unisys/Automated Document Management Systems, Radnor, PA Lines: 25