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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

1244.0. "Can Cubase print be uploaded?" by HLFS00::WETERINGH_B (Music was my first love...) Sun Feb 16 1992 21:19

(I also entered this in Commusic)


Question:

I write a lot of music (for a choir, a musical and a semi-proffesional
singer). I use Cubase 2.0 and a couple of synths to do that. And then 
I always need to print it out cause people need their sheet music.
So I have this tiny Star LC10 on my desk.

But with a modem and a connection to Dec-computers, Does anyone know
of a way in which I can make print-outs on, say, an LN03, LN06, LPS20
or LPS40? I was thinking of for example redirecting the printerport
to my floppy, then upload it to Dec, and print it out in...
what is it? Sixel or Regis? Is it sixel or Regis? Are there other
ways to do it?

I could off course print it out to the serial port of my Atari which has
the modem hooked up, but Kermit is never gonna accept it without
checksums or CRC's. 

I hope one of you out there ever figured it out. Then I could
print it out quietly at night, in stead of feeding my printer
another piece of paper every 20 minutes (and do that 30 times....
that is 30 pages times 20 minutes = 10 hours :( )

Is there anyone with more creativity than me? 

Thnks a bundle in advance!

Bernd
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1244.1BARREL might helpGANTRY::ALLBERYJimMon Feb 17 1992 15:1620
    I don't have any specific answers, but can at least point you towards
    something that *might* help.  There is a public domain program called
    barrel that grabs the data going to the printer port and allows you
    to re-direct it to a file.  Once you have the data in a file, you
    can tranfer it to your favorite VAX by KERMIT or some other transfer 
    utility.  You can also transfer it to a VAXstation with a 3 1/2" floppy
    by copying it to a IBM formatted diskette and using PCDISK on the VAX.
    
    I don't know what printers Cubase supports, but I doubt it supports
    DEC sixel printers, so a regular LN03 probably won't cut it.  If
    Cubase supports postscript, you can probably print the file on an
    LN03R or LPS40.  You may have problems with font selection and
    stuff like that, however.
    
    I'm sure there is a source for BARREL listed in the PD software
    on ENET note.
    
    Good luck.
    
    Jim
1244.2Worth a try! :)HLFS00::WETERINGH_BMusic was my first love...Tue Feb 18 1992 20:4210
Hmmm. Barrel... I'll have a look for it!. Thanks for the pointer.

Alas, Cubase can't print in postscript (as far as I know). 
The LN06 is supposed to accept more types of data than Regis and
Sixel only. It's worth a shot.

Thanks again... Off to find Barrel! :)

Bernd
1244.3EVTAI1::RENOUVELThu Sep 10 1992 12:4421
    
    
     Hello Bernd,
    
    
     I write some music too.
    
    
     I would like to save my scores on a disk and then print them on
    
     SCRIP printers or else at work.
    
    
     Did you find a solution .
    
     I'm very interested with it.
    
     Best Regards.
    
    
     Patrick.
1244.4converters available in the netUFHIS::BFALKENSTEINFri Sep 11 1992 07:5110
    
    what format does Cubase produce? Is it *.GEM, or *.IMG, or any other
    standard Atari graphics format? There are some good graphics converters
    around which convert almost every format to e.g. TIFF. Another method
    is (if it's IMG) to load it into Wordplus and then convert it to Post-
    script (also a converter available in the net: WP2PS.PRG) or, if it is
    GEM then use GEM2PS.PRG from the net.
    
    Bernd_2 (to avoid confusion)
    
1244.5EVTAI1::RENOUVELMon Sep 14 1992 07:5610
    
    
         Thanks a lot,
    
     But is there a way to redirect everything that comes throught the 
    
     printer port, to a File on a disk.
    
     Patrick.
    
1244.6one method...KERNEL::IMBIERSKIThe sound of electric woodMon Sep 14 1992 13:197
    If the product doesn't supply this option, you could write a TSR which
    hijacks the system routine responsible for printing, and copies each
    byte away to a previously opened file. I wouldn't be surprised if
    someone reading this notes file hasn't already written a hack like
    this.
    
    Tony I
1244.7BARRELCOL01::LELIEI/O in progressWed Sep 16 1992 07:2511
>    If the product doesn't supply this option, you could write a TSR which
>    hijacks the system routine responsible for printing, and copies each
>    byte away to a previously opened file. I wouldn't be surprised if
>    someone reading this notes file hasn't already written a hack like
>    this.
 
	Look for a program named "BARREL". It does what you're looking for.

	Regards,
		-Peter
 
1244.8EVTAI1::RENOUVELWed Sep 16 1992 09:019
    
     
            Great , but where can I find it.
    
       any pointers ?
    
    
     Patrick
    
1244.9SPESHR::HAMILTONBuzz HamiltonWed Sep 16 1992 11:495
speshr::gsbvs2::dua0:[public]barrel.arc

which is also

19241::64714::dua0:[public]barrel.arc
1244.10Canon printer driver BJ10E? HEART::MACHINMon Jan 17 1994 15:397
	Anyone know of a Cubase printer driver for the Canon
	BJ10E?

	THanks,

	Richard.