Re: Network printing from BASIC

[dalthoff@capital.edu]

In article <35155E1C.8554D403@ark.com>,
  Hoser <deh1@ark.com> wrote:
>
> I am an Apple II BASIC junkie.  I am running an Apple IIGS with ProDOS 8 and
I
> am doing BASIC program only.  I have a Macintosh networked to an Apple
> Personal LaserWriter 320 via LocalTalk.  I'd like to network the IIGS to
them
> so I can print to the laser printer directly from BASIC.
>
> I have been printing BASIC program listings from the IIGS via a serial cable
> to a communication program running on the Mac, copying the incoming text to
a
> word processor, formatting the text and then printing to the laser printer
> from there.  It is a bit of a drawn out process and hardly worth the effort
in
> most cases.  But I also want to print other things than just BASIC program
listings.
>
> I have AppleWorks version 2.0 that came with the IIGS and it would be cool
to
> get it to print directly to the laser printer.  I use my Mac for all my word
> processing, database, etc. and the IIGS is just a toy to me.  Maybe a newer
> version has network printing built in (I know that AppleWorks GS does) but I
> like to play.
>
> Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

WITHOUT GS/OS--
You need to use the "Chooser II" from the ProDOS system disk (I'm unsure of
the exact name and such...) to download IWEM into the LaserWriter.  Once you
have selected that printer, you can print to it as though it were an
ImageWriter connected to Slot 7.

WITH GS/OS--
Use the "Net Printer" control panel to select your LaserWriter; again, you can
download the ImageWriter emulator.  Then, from ProDOS, you can print to Slot 7
as though there were an ImageWrtier there.

One word of caution:  Set your page length to 60 lines instead of 66.

Also, if you are printing a program listing, do it like this--

PR#7:LIST:PRINT CHR$(12):PR#0

to make sure that last page gets kicked out.

Good luck!

--Dave Althoff, ][.
(better known as "dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us")


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