From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX" 31-AUG-1989 14:32 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" Subj: Re: Info on Apple LaserWriter-to-VAX connection Received: From KL.SRI.COM by CRVAX.SRI.COM with TCP; Thu, 31 AUG 89 09:18:13 PDT Received: from ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU by KL.SRI.COM with TCP; Thu, 31 Aug 89 09:04:33 PDT Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.61/1.37) id AA19473; Thu, 31 Aug 89 08:48:54 -0700 Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for info-vax@kl.sri.com (info-vax@kl.sri.com) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 31 Aug 89 09:56:58 GMT From: netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!lusgr@rutgers.edu (STEVE ROSEMAN) Organization: Lehigh University Subject: Re: Info on Apple LaserWriter-to-VAX connection Message-Id: <8897@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu> References: , <8908302057.AA21393@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: info-vax-request@kl.sri.com To: info-vax@kl.sri.com >> >>Here's one of those "does anyone know if there's a..." messages! Does anyone >>know if there is a device driver/software package/set-up file that allows use >>of an Apple Laser Writer (postscript printer) on a VAX? We have an LN03R, >>but the EE department on campus wants to hook up their Apple printer and get >>postscript output...public domain, commercial...can it be done? Send to >>me directly (still temporarily BAILEYB@UNCG.BITNET until those silly routing >>tables get sent out of BITNIC!) Thanks! > > If anyone can help please post it because we would like to do the same thing > here at Central. > > -- Bill We have been using the LASER package by Rick Watson of the Univ of Texas on an Apple LaserWriter and a QMS something or other PostScript printer. It is available via anonymous ftp from "utadnx.cc.utexas.edu" as laser_v2_02.bck_lzw. Note you also need lzdcm.exe to decompress it. It (should) go without saying, transfer both files in binary mode. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roseman Lehigh University Computing Center LUSGR@VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roseman Lehigh University Computing Center LUSGR@VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU