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Date:	Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:39:50 -0700
From:	Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfeldmj@ca.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Using a Computer as Print Server...?

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Harry,

Thanks again for your sage advice. Your solution is so simple I wonder
why did not think of it!

Martin

> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:39:04 -0700, Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to set up a computer running a version of Windows
>> connected to printers and to print from eCS over a peer network to the
>> windows box and use the Windows printer drivers?
>
> Not exactly. The trick is to set up the printer as an "emulated Postscipt" (PS) printer
> under Windows XP, then share it from Windows and finally access it from OS/2-eCS as
> a Postscript printer. The steps are as follows:
>
> 1. Establish the printer as a functioning (i.e., working) printer under
> Windows XP
>
> 2. Install postscript and redirection software under Windows XP, using
> Ghostscript, GSview and RedMon
>
> 3. Create a "Emulated Postscript" (EPS) printer under Windows XP, using
> the "Printers and Faxes" facility from the Windows "Control Panel" facility.
>
> 4. You then share the EPS printer from Windows XP
>
> 5. Finally you access the shared printer from OS/2 (eCS), using an OS/2
> Postscript printer driver. Use the latest Postscript drivers from IBM (pscripten.exe). You
> may have to add your own Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) file for you EPS printer.
> The IBM Postscript drivers have a new feature, allowing you to do that.
>
> All of this information is in the July 16, 2003 OS2ezine magazine. More specifically, it's
> on the following two (2) websites.
>
> http://www.os2ezine.com/20030716/page_3.html
>
> http://iharder.sourceforge.net/current/macosx/winmacprinter/
>
> I downloaded a copy of those two (2) websites to my hard drive, so that I'll always have
> the information (guarding against later removal of one or both websites).
>
> I plan to use this setup to access and share an HP 7130 printer. I'll have all of the
> required files and information. I just have not gotten around to it yet!
> HCM

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