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- June 21st 1991
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- Term II
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- version 1.1
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- (c) 1990,1991 - Eric GONTIER
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- XCMDLaser.doc
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- XCMDLaser is a small XCMD for download postscript files to an
- Apple Laser Writer. Sources in C are included (see directory
- "XCMD Examples").
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- Be sure that the serial device is properly initialized (default
- values for the Apple Laser Writer II are 7 bits, parity space,
- 9600 baud). In term.config, the F10 has been configured to
- start XCMDLaser with the help of an ARexx program. If you are
- not using the same configuration file, you might have to start
- XCMDLaser from the CLI by typing the command "xcmdlaser".
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- You are then offer a multi-select file requesters. With it, you
- can select all the PostScript files you want to download. A
- STOP button allow you to cancel the download.
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- I do not know if this program can be used with other PostScript
- laser printers. I am using the following functions of the Laser
- Writer :
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- - a ^C can be send to the printer to stop a job
- - a ^D must be send at the end of each file. The Laser
- Writer returns a ^D when it is ready to process the next
- file.
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- Errors returned by the printer will be printed in Term II
- window. You can also ask for the current status of the printer
- by typing ^T in the Term II window (even if a download is in
- progress !). However, be aware that by typing any other
- characters while dowloading, you will probably introduce syntax
- errors in the PostScript program !
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