Re: [MiNT] Printer spooling

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

great - very useful - I will be interested to see what happens when I
do the same on ARAnyM too..

Paul

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Heinz Schmidt
<heinz.schmidt.atari@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am 04.01.2012 09:39, schrieb Jo Even Skarstein:
>
>> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:18:20 +0100, Peter Slegg
>> <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>> There is a lp.xdd with a cache available. I used this and set NVDI to
>>>> print to u:\dev\lp. Instant background printing, also with NVDI < 5 :)
>>>>
>>>> Jo Even
>>>>
>>> So have you set that via the cpx or in the nvdi.ini in some way ?
>>
>>
>> "Print to file" in the printer configuration CPX. I think. I haven't had a
>> printer since 1998 or so ;)
>>
>> Jo Even
>>
>>
> Hi,
>
> in Mint 98 there is an lpd and a spool program. Together with print to file
> in NVDI 5 this allows background printing and printing over the network.
>
> I've set this up on my Milan to print on an old HP880 which is connected to
> a router with lpd queue. It was a while ago so I don't remember the details,
> but I took some notices. May be I could do this configuration on my Falcon
> again and write a meaningful documentation.
>
> Heinz
>
>