On 13-Nov-99 19:08:02 GMT, Geoff Milnes wrote:
> On 12-Nov-99, wrote:
> . In Turboprint, configure another printer, when
>>> asked what type of printer driver to use (TP or Workbench), select
>>> Workbench. Then select the STFaxPrt driver from the list. Now before
>>> you try to print from your WP (either FW in my case or WW in yours)
>>> tell STFax to capture print, _and_ select the STFaxPrt driver in
>>> TurboPrefs. Works like a charm for me (except for FW's nasty habit of
>>> sending end of page form-feed directly to the parallel port instead of
>>> using the printer driver).
>> Yes, that's the best way - I do this too. There was some discussion
>> about this a few months ago, and you could even set up the printer
>> on/off hooks in STFax to switch the Turboprint driver on/off
>> automatically.
> For those of us who weren't here then, would it be possible to repeat
> these hooks as, I for one, would very much appreciate being able to
> turn-off TP7 rather than having to change the prefs each time.
Oooops... my mistake - the discussion was on the STFax 4 beta list ;(
Anyway, there are basically 2 ways to going about it. Maybe the best
solution for now is to create a couple of scripts and assign them to
icons on your WB, ToolManager or DOpus menus/buttons.
To turn the STFax printer driver on, you would use something like this,
assuming you have set up an STFaxPrt entry in TurboPrefs:
TurboPrint:turboprefs -q -p1 -cSTFaxPrt
rx "address 'STFAX.1' 'PRTDRIVER ON'"
And to turn your regular printer driver back on, you could use
something like this:
rx "address 'STFAX.1' 'PRTDRIVER OFF'"
TurboPrint:turboprefs -q -p1 -cEpsonStylusColor740
Of course, you could even merge both the above into a single script
which will toggle between the drivers.
The second and, theoretically neatest, way is to put the above
Turboprefs commands in the Prt Driver On/Off gadgets in Prefs/Hooks.
Then you can simply use the Printer driver menu item to switch the
Turboprint driver on/off. However, I experienced crashes when
using this method :( I'm not sure if it is/was a problem with
STFax or not - I sent some enforcer hits to Simone, but I can't
remember if the problem (if there was one) was fixed or
not... Simone???
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