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- From: story@sgi.com (David (Duis) Story)
- Subject: Re: Add a LaserWriter to an Indigo?
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- References: <31653@adm.brl.mil>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 20:26:42 GMT
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- In article <31653@adm.brl.mil> stewart@aurora.ucns.uga.edu (David Stewart) writes:
- >
- >Greetings,
- >
- >I would like to add a LaserWriter IIg to an indigo via the serial port.
- >Has anyone done this, and if so, would you be so kind as to let me know
- >how it is done? I would like to do it without having to purchase
- >the Transcript package.
-
- One possibility is to use the "Generic PostScript" model. Use the
- Printer Manager to Add a printer, choose the appropriate (unused)
- serial port, and select Generic PostScript as your printer type.
- You will not gain access to any special features, but the printer
- should work. Watch out for the margins getting clipped, you need more
- memory for that!
-
- Second possibility is to purchase the Impressario software product
- from SGI, recently released (7/14/92), which has explicit support for
- the IIg, including full status reporting. It'll tell you across the
- network that the printer is out of paper, or the cover's open, and more!
-
- Cheers,
-
- David Story Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- story@bent.wpd.sgi.com Mountain View, California
-