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- Arch: NeXTStep 3.3 motorola
- Type: non-fat
- Date: Sun Aug 18 03:35:08 CDT 1996
-
- Howdy,
-
- I wrote this tool so that I could get some better diagnostic information
- from the NeXT Laser printer (considering it doesn't have a display). Also,
- sometimes the voice just isn't enough. So, this tool lets you view the
- current status of the NeXT Laser printer (i.e. The printer is out of paper,
- The printer is cold... warming up, etc). Actually, I really wrote it with
- the intention of writing a GUI display for it. However, that was shot down
- when I found out that any open() call on the /dev/np0 device automatically
- starts up the printer. I wanted to be able to get information about on/off
- status, but there is no way to do this without starting up the printer
- (at least, not that I've found).
-
- Anyway, it's just a quick little thing and probably not as complete as
- it could be, but it does the trick. This tool is compiled for ONLY the m68k
- as it would be fairly useless on any other architecture. If you find it
- useful or simply just like it, please send me a note. No monetary
- compensation necessary.
-
- --
- Brian Wright <wright@extreme.intex.net>
- NeXTMail Supported.
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