Network printing from BASIC

[Hoser <deh1@ark.com>]

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.



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