Re: Deja II

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <20040304210034.20313.00000963@mb-m27.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>Steve (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu) wrote:
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>>My top wish for Deja][ is to find a way to "really" print to a network
>>printer.  Yes, Deja prints, but only 10cpi 80char lines regardless of
>>printer settings.  I want to access the IWEM (imagewriter emulator) in the
>>printer for appletalk printing.  This works slick for IIGS p8 programs and
>>when using an LC with the IIe card.  The Phoenix project includes source,
>>but I have no way to edit and recompile to hack a fix, nor any clue on how
>>to access IWEM.  Anyone interested in trying?
>
>The IWEM is not "in" the printer, but is sent to the printer before
>each IWEM print job.  It is a Postscript file.  Apple II programs
>that can use the Laserwriter (like PublishIt!) usually include the
>IWEM as a file on the program disk.
>

IWEM is a postscript file downloaded to the printer, yes.  But it only is
downloaded once after a printer power-cycle.  I download it once to my
Laserwriter and it stays for weeks until someone switches off the printer.

My ? is how to send IWII output to the printer so that IWEM processes it?

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)