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Re: "Print" to PC?
bnfmsgeek wrote:
I was wondering if it is at all possible to virtually "print" over
serial cable to a PC so I can print a greeting card on my printer. Any
insight?
Thanks,
bnfmsgeek
Proud Apple IIGS owner!
Should not be hard at all:
My understanding is that before the PostScript era began, printers did
not talk back. You just sent bytes to a printer and didn't expect any
response. So if you establish a serial link between Apple and a PC you
should be able to capture the "printer output" to a file on a PC. Then
send it to a printer that understands the used commands set or an
emulator of some kind.
This may sound vague because I didn't actually do it. I'm just
explaining that it SHOULD be easy enough.
If the PC is running Linux/UNIX, a simple
cat /dev/ttyXXX > fake_printer_file
may do the trick.
I don't know if something like
"copy COM1: fake_printer_file"
will work under MSDOS, but it might.
-Alex.