Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] hiding laserwriters
From: Richard Mann (rich@pubserv.com)
Date: Tue Feb 24 1998 - 18:19:54 EST
This is very cool. Works like a charm. Thanks!
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On 24 Feb 1998, William P. McGonigle wrote:
> --- Richard Mann wrote:
> Is there a good way to hide a laserwriter from the
> Chooser? This would be in the interest of having
> all print jobs go to the unix-spooled device (which
> *would* still show up in the Chooser), instead
> of haphazardly from various locations.
> --- end of quote ---
>
> You could send some postscript to the printer like:
>
> serverdict begin 0 exitserver
> statusdict begin /appletalktype (Foo) def end
>
> and then make a .paprc file in the spool directory with
>
> Richard's LaserWriter:Foo@The Zone
>
> serverdict begin 0 exitserver
> statusdict begin /appletalktype (LaserWriter) def end
>
> Should change it back.
>
> -Bill
>
> PS Don't try this at home.
>
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