[Virtualacorn-list] Odd problems with VARPC on a Mac, version 2

[Alan Adams]

In message <c99b14fd4f.tim at southfarm.plus.com>
          Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim at powys.org> wrote:

> Now that quite few more have joined this mailing list, here's an update
> of my original list of 7th Sept.  About half are new items.

<snip>

>   9. I have an A2 printer (Canon BJC5500); this works OK from a native
>      RISC OS machine.  But there are no facilities to drive it from
>      Virtual Acorn on a Mac, principally because the Mac does not have a
>      driver for this printer.  (There is a GIMP driver but the
>      colours priner are defective.)  Does anyone know of a way to drive
>      printers directly from Virtual Acorn?  The printer is served by a
>      network server.

Can you not set it up exactly the same way as on a native RO system? - 
you will need the application which gives you LPR printing - either 
JetDirectFS or NetPrint I beleve.

For network prnters you don't have to use Windows (provided there is 
an RO driver of course.)


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Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan at adamshome.org.uk
http://www.nckc.org.uk/