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Apple LaserWriter And The TOPS Network |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Solutions: To set up an IBM PC on the TOPS Network an AppleTalk Network Card must be installed in the machine, along with its driver software in your computer. The TOPS for DOS software must also be installed. The AppleTalk Card (board) sets up the AppleTalk protocol. This protocol allows printing to the Apple LaserWriter at 230,000 baud. This is almost 25 times faster than 9600. The LaserWriter has this AppleTalk hardware already built in. On the TOPS Network an Apple LaserWriter is set up as a "node" or a station. The following are ways to print to a LaserWriter, only if the LaserWriter is set up as a node on the network, and the Apple LaserWriter is switched to the AppleTalk mode. (This knob is on the left hand side of the printer. Turn the switch all the way to the right to place in the AppleTalk mode.) TPRINT: TPRINT is a utility that will send files to the LaserWriter. It works from the DOS prompt, so the user must either exit WordPerfect, or use the Go to Dos key to print. TPRINT comes with the TOPS for DOS software. The following steps show how this is done. PRINTING POSTSCRIPT FILES WITH TPRINT 1. The user must have the printer disks dated 3/3/87, or later. 2. Define the printer as the Apple LaserWriter, the port as #8=Device or File Pathname, name the file something like WP.PRN, and the forms as continuous. 3. Printing with the above printer definition will result in a document named WP.PRN that is postscript. The file can then be sent to the LaserWriter from the dos prompt with the command: TPRINT [path]WP.PRN/X (the /X says the file is postscript and must be included, the brackets around the path indicate that a path is not needed if the file is in your current directory.) PRINTING ASCII FILES WITH TPRINT 1. Save your file through Text In/Out 2. From the DOS prompt type the command: TPRINT [path]filename/L (the /L says the file is an ASCII file) 3. If the LaserWriter is busy, TPRINT will suspend activity until it can establish a connection. There is a utility from TOPS, called INITPRIN.EXE that will maintain such files in a local print queue if it is loaded before using TPRINT. NETPRINT: NetPrint is a Ram Resident program (sold separately from TOPS) that sits in the background when you load your word processor. It allows communication and redirection to AppleTalk. The output that is to be printed out one of your LPT ports can be intercepted by NetPrint, spooled to a disk, and redirected onto the AppleTalk network. 1. The Apple LaserWriter has to be 2.0 Rom Version or later, and must be on the Appletalk mode. 2. TOPSTALK.EXE and TOPSKRNL.EXE (Two TOPS for DOS files) should be loaded before NetPrint. Relevant configuration settings are set by running the TOPS CONFIGUR program to the following: a) Under Setup specify a wait time of 40 seconds. b) Under Device specify the same LPT port as was specified in the WordPerfect Printer Setup. c) Under Translate specify NONE for conversion. 3. User must have printer disks dated 3/3/87 or later. 4. Define the Apple LaserWriter in WordPerfect choosing LPT1 as your port, if it is your only printer. Choose LPT2 if you have a local printer. Specify continuous paper. 5. Make sure the documents contain the appropriate pitches, fonts and margins for the Apple LaserWriter. 6. Send the print job from WordPerfect. NetPrint will take over from there. There is a third way to print. This mode is used with printers that do not have the AppleTalk protocol. Each person can "publish" his/her local printer to allow the printers to be shared by other users on the network. Other stations "mount" the printer and can then access it. Publishing and mounting are initiated at the TOPS level. This method is not recommended for the Apple LaserWriter, because the printer would have to print at 9600 baud, which slows the printing considerably. |
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