From: V-CA ! Christoph Paschke <c.paschke@me.com>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: [9fans] For first ONLY a laser printer in this resource meaning
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:14:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f04f2be-b0de-6d02-ea00-ec856c58fb7c@me.com> (raw)
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@Nemo
Ok, I just want start with a very easy constellation:
1.) I installed octopus on top of my MacMini (newest version) at my televison in living room, he running also Mac-Server
2.) I got the terminal started at an older MacBook
3.) I have a HP Envy 100 WLAN Inkjet printer / Scanner integrated in WLAN, working at all my Macs
4.) Now I want to write a limbo program to print a page at that printer
As I understand you, I cannot nativly run it by the P9 idea of device = file ... because the HP printer itself has no firmware to support such file based streaming, right?
Therefore I need root through to mac a Mac sytem call to can adress the printer.
As I understand, this is NOT the idea of a good Plan 9 / Limbo program? In my understanding: If I now write a small program that prints out for example a list of addresses, I need communicate with my printer in a streaming way and not by system calls, right?
If I'm wrong, could you explain me, how I get my printer working.
And, if it is to difficult with this HP printer and the system only can support old Epson ESC/P code for needle printer, just exlain me how I get that ESC/P printer working in the "Plan 9 ressource way"?
For me it is most important that I can realize what is promised from that operting system according "all resources, also devices are a file" and that this idea is more than a theory!
You understand what I ask?
- Chris
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-13 18:14 V-CA ! Christoph Paschke [this message]
2012-03-13 18:18 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-03-13 18:55 ` Nemo
2012-03-13 19:00 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-03-13 19:03 ` erik quanstrom
2012-03-13 19:07 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-03-13 19:10 ` erik quanstrom
2012-03-13 19:56 ` John Floren
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