Re: [MacPerl] Outputting to a printer

[Larry Moore <ljmoore@freespace.net>]

>>Is there a simple way of directing a file output to the printer using
>>mac.perl?
>
>What kind of file?  A PostScript file can be sent directly to a PostScript
>printer with MacPerl (examples are in the MacPerl book and docs, I think).

No, don't think that an ImageWriter II is a PostScript printer?

>Other than that, you can use Apple Events or AppleScript to direct a
>program to print something.  Tested to work with SimpleText (ttxt) and
>BBEdit 5.0 (R*ch):
>
>    #!perl -w
>    use Mac::Files;
>    use Mac::AppleEvents::Simple;
>    do_event(qw/aevt pdoc ttxt/, q"'----':alis(@@)",
>        NewAliasMinimal('Bourque:Desktop Folder:test'));
>
>You can do more complicated events to print active windows, and specify
>printing options, etc.  But it depends on the target app.
>
>--
>Chris Nandor          mailto:pudge@pobox.com         http://pudge.net/
>%PGPKey = ('B76E72AD', [1024, '0824090B CE73CA10  1FF77F13 8180B6B6'])

Ok, the project I had in mind was modifying the clipboard display droplet
of last month to print (the clipboard |text clippings|dragged textfiles) on
the Imagewriter II. Will let you know if anything useful happens.
Thanks for the advice.



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