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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 17:09:16 GMT
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Sean Eller writes
>
>Hi, I'm tired of sitting waiting for this damn imagewriter to print
>from
>AWGS and was wondering instead of buying a 32k buffer for the printer
>if
>there had been a program written that say intercepts the port calls
>for the
>printer and stores the data in a buffer and prints from a buffer in
>memory.
>Working in the background off of interupts. The concept seems simple,
>I
>just don't know if it's been done or if it's even possible to catch
>stuff
>going out to the printer. Has anyone tried this? Thanks..
>Sean
Yes, it is possible, and yes there is a program to do it. It is called Express and is published by Seven Hills Software. It is GS specific and runs under GS/OS, and does just what you need. It is comparable to all the expensive print spoolers for the MAC, and it is only $29.95 from Seven Hills. Check out a copy of Incider and look for it in the ads.