Re: [MiNT] Printer spooling

[p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk]

I did a brief test last week. I set NVDI to use /dev/lp in the print to file
option.

Printed from Papyrus and Texel. The busy bee appeared for a minute or two but
nothing printed.

Does lp.xdd have to be set-up in some way ?

Peter



>---- Original Message ----
>From: Matthias Arndt <marndt@asmsoftware.de>
>To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi
>Sent: Fri, Jan 6, 2012, 7:42 PM
>Subject: Re: [MiNT] Printer spooling
>
>Hello,
>
>Am Freitag, den 23.12.2011, 08:28 +0100 schrieb Jo Even Skarstein: 
>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:17:42 +0100, Peter Slegg  
>> <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> > I have always wanted to get background printing, like I had
>> > under Magic on the ST but never found how to do it with Mint.
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>
>Beside the discussed "print to file" solution. Does this .xdd replace
>and/or integrate with the GEMDOS and BIOS routines for printer support?
>
>Regards,
>Matthias
>
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