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20-Aug-87 17:14:51-MDT,4764;000000000001
Date: Thu 20 Aug 87 17:14:51-MDT
From: "Nelson H.F. Beebe" <Beebe@SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU>
Subject: DVI driver family update #11
To: beebe@SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU, "DVI mailing list": ;
cc: "new addresses": ;
X-US-Mail: "Center for Scientific Computation, South Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112"
X-Telephone: (801) 581-5254
Message-ID: <12328099812.15.BEEBE@SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU>

                DVI Driver Family Update #11
                        [20-Aug-87]

[[===========================================================]]
[[ This issue has nothing to do with the DVI driver family   ]]
[[ directly; it is primarily for the benefit of the many VAX ]]
[[ VMS folks on the mailing list.                            ]]
[[===========================================================]]

Many VAX VMS sites have asked about printer spoolers for
PostScript devices.  Newsletter #10 described how to set up
a spooler suitable for a HP LaserJet (or any similar printer
which primarily needs XON/XOFF flow control support).

PostScript printers are more difficult, because they are
rather chatty.  My LW78 works under TOPS-20, and
modifications for Unix have been made at a user site which
has promised to supply me with the changes; as far as I
know, no one has attempted to adapt it to VAX VMS.  In the
meantime, the following news item which appeared on the
INFO-VAX bulletin board this morning promises some good
news.

Besides this one, there is another from Clarkson University,
but it is only available to those with Internet ANONYMOUS
FTP capability.  Both postings are reproduced below:

25-Jun-87 21:19:20-MDT,987;000000000000
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Reply-To: ABSTINE%clvms.BITNET@CC.UTAH.EDU (AB Stine)
To: comp-os-vms@cs.utah.edu
Subject: PostScript Print Symbiont
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Date: 24 Jun 87 15:02:00 GMT
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The PSPRINT package is now available via anonymous FTP from node
CLUTX.Clarkson.EDU

The files you will need are:

pub/vms/FIX_SAVESET.EXE  -- program to fix up saveset after loading it from FTP
pub/vms/PSPRINT.SAV      -- backup saveset of PSPRINT package

You should load it in image mode (in TEK TCP, /TYPE=IMAGE). It is some 1.4MEG.
If you have any problems or other questions, drop me a note.

Art Stine
ABStine@CLVMS.Clarkson.EDU

19-Aug-87 22:39:43-MDT,2055;000000000000
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Reply-To: ccaw001@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu ("Rick Watson")
To: comp-os-vms@cs.utah.edu
Subject: laser symbiont
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Date: 19 Aug 87 20:19:00 GMT
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For the many of you that have been interested in a symbiont for
PostScript printers, my user-written laser symbiont is available on the
latest DECUS tape under [VAX87A.UTEXAS.LASER].

LASER is a user-written print symbiont that is tailored specifically to
the Apple LaserWriter.

This version of the symbiont is in use at several sites, but should
still be considered to be in "BETA" testing.  It has only been tested
with version 23 of the LaserWriter, but should work with later versions.

The symbiont as distributed is configured to print normal text files in
a variety of formats on the laser printer.  Support is also included for
printing PostScript files, MacPaint files, and Zeta plot files.  See
LASER.C for additional capabilities of the symbiont.

It is also available for anonymous ftp from utadnx.cc.utexas.edu:

LASER_BACKUP.BCK - A backup save set that should be transferred 
		   in binary,record mode by a site running WIN/TCP.
LASER_SHAR.COM -   A self-unpacking DCL-archive file. (ASCII only)

SPAN nodes may copy the files from UTSPAN::UTADNX""::[FAL]

You only need one of the files, the backup save set has everything
already built. (You'll need VAXC if you want to recompile.)

Since this is already being distributed via DECUS, I am not going to 
try posting or mailing the sources.

Rick Watson
University of Texas Computation Center
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 span:   utspan::ccaw001
 phone:  512/471-3241  512/471-8220
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