Digital BW, The Print

QTR will work if the printer is connected to a parallel port. QTRgui directs
the output to the LPT<n> port that the printer is on. This works and does
not require a network. However, the people who have done this say that the
connection is slower than their USB one.

-Stephen
 www.sbillard.org/Stephen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Harrington [mailto:roy@...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:38 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Print Server - Was: QTR - GUI Problems...
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> 
> 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
> 
> 
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