Digital BW, The Print

Hi Ernst,

I remember you talking about this before.   I can't find any info about it on
the MS website -- probably searching for the wrong thing.
Or is just using LPT1 for the parallel port.  I believe some have used QTR by
connecting it to the parallet port.   Unfortunately I don't have a parallel port.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@c...> 
wrote:
> Roy Harrington wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Richard and Michael,
> > 
> > You guys seem to know a bit more of the Windows internals.  
> > 
> > As I guess you know, I'm getting to the USB port by simply redirecting
> > output to \\computername\sharename.   This works OK as long as a network
> > exists.  But obviously this is one of the major hassles with getting QTR
> > running.  Systems that are sometimes connected and sometimes not are
> > particularly problematic.  
> > 
> > I'd be really interested in any info about other ways to do this that are more
> > reliable and fool-proof.  Or possibly just some diagnostic testing to help
> > identify what's blocking output on a particular system.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Roy
> 
> I do not belong to that elite group but I have mentioned before 
> that it is possible to create a Generic Text Only printer on LPT1 
> and dump the QTR file there. The Wasatch SoftRip uses that method 
> to bypass the Windows spooling system when the printer is locally 
> connected through a parallel port.  It must work with USB as 
> well. QTR needs to do its own spooling ( it does already I think) 
> in that case and must have a choice (and the software) to 
> "connect" with the Generic printer. With Wasatch the name of the 
> printer has to keep "Generic" for the first 7 characters 
> otherwise it will not work. It is a one way connection though and 
> printing can only be stopped with the Wasatch spooler "cancel". 
> Select "Print directly to printer"  + some other settings in the 
> Generic driver to take out any interference of that  driver.  I 
> could add more from the W manual but it seems a bit too early for 
> that right now.
> 
> I know this is more describing than informing what it is but the 
> elite group may know what I'm trying to describe.
> 
> I know that when I use(d) Acorn computers and I had to drive a 
> cutting plotter I could use a plain text printer. drop the HPGL 
> file on it and okay'd the popping up window that said "shall I 
> send it as plain text ?" or something like that. Actually I could 
> do almost the same now in Windows with a converted HP 7550 
> plotter that drives the Spectrocam over printed targets but the 
> prompt window works as easy. Nevertheless this is very similar to 
> what is done in the RIP automagically.
> 
> Ernst