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In article <1992Aug30.185553.24342@news.csuohio.edu>  
cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu (Syscrusher) writes:
> Hello, all:
> 
> I am trying to get my NeXT to print to another NeXT and its NeXT Laser  
> without setting us both up as a Netinfo domain.  Can one do it?  How?   
Is  
> it similar to setting up lpr to a non-NeXT printer (in other words,  
should  
> I use nidump, edit the printcap file, and then niload it again)?
> 
> Can someone send an example of their printcap?  I appreciate it.
> 

This is a fairly commonly asked question - is it in the FAQs? 
In any case I believe the answer is no, you can't share a NeXT printer  
unless you "turn on" NetInfo.  I don't know why it can't behave like a  
normal BSD/lpd/printcap printer when NetInfo is not being used. 

A lot of people are scared about turning on NetInfo - I know I was at  
first.  NetInfo will happily run without interfering with you or even NIS.   
Go ahead and use it!

> BTW, a second question: can one print a WordPerfect (or any other)  
binary  
> file to a file, as in WP for DOS or WP for Windows?  I think I need to  
do  
> that to lpr to the LPD server (it uses Ka9q) on a binary file.  I cannot  
> seem to find this capability, and I am sure I would need the techniques  
> for non-WordPerfect files also.
> 
> thanks,
> Joe

All NeXT applications can print to a PostScript file - that is currently  
the only printer type that is supported by the NeXT. Otherwise you'd have  
to save it to a different format and print it via some other utility (say,  
lpr).  

I don't know what happens in 3.0 with the support for non-PostScript  
printers like the Epsons, etc.  Can you print to a file with those?  Any  
3.0 users?
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