[vcf-midatlantic] NeXT printer emulator/bridge

[Dave McGuire]

On 06/16/2018 04:24 PM, Thomas Fuchs via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> Hi everybody!
> 
> I’ve a NeXTstation computer that is hooked up to my local home network. I
> wonder if there’s a piece of software (for Mac ideally) that can act as a
> printing server for it bridging to printers connected to the Mac (directly
> or LAN).
> 
> (Essentially emulate a NeXT printer so the NeXT machine can print on a
> modern printer.)

  It should be able to talk to any civilized printer, i.e. any networked
Postscript printer that speaks the standard LPR/LPD protocol.  Just set
it up as a network printer.  No Mac required.

  Unless you mean something to connect to the NeXT's printer port.
That's a virtual impossibility; that's a direct video and timing output
interface that drives a fairly dumb controller within the NeXT laser
printer.  The Postscript interpretation, rasterization, etc are all done
by the display subsystem in the computer, not the printer.

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA