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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
Notice:	Conference has been write-locked. Use new version.
Moderator:	DYPSS1::SCHAFER

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

2840.0. "Can Cubase print to disk????" by HLFS00::WETERINGH_B (Music was my first love...) Mon Feb 10 1992 17:32


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

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2840.1	surely there's got to be an easier way!	EZ2GET::STEWART	the leper with the most fingers	`Mon Feb 10 1992 20:46`	15
	One thought pops into mind - if you don't mind paying for hours of connect time, you could log into a convenient VAX and do a: $ create somefile.ps and then connect your Atari printer port up to the modem and feed the Postscript up to the VAX. When you're finished "printing" (how can you tell?), connect the modem back to your terminal (or whatever) and issue a control-Z. At this point, the file named somefile.ps on the VAX contains all of the Postscript generated by your program, as well as whatever line noise managed to creep in.
2840.2	Why don't you cross post this question?	TANNAY::BETTELS	Cheryl, Eur. Ext. Res. Prg., DTN 821-4022	`Tue Feb 11 1992 04:05`	7
	I suggest you cross post this to the Atari notes file. I'm sure that someone there has a converter that will allow you to create a file which you can kermit over to a VAX for printing. Press Select or KP7 to.... Cheryl
2840.3	You're on the right "track"	ATIS01::ASHFORTH		`Tue Feb 11 1992 09:16`	21
	Re .0: You've got the right idea. Capturing to disk and then uploading is infinitely more efficient than "printing" to the "created" VAX file- although that is a great fallback for "uploading" text when you just don't have access to compatible transfer protocols! If Cubase speaks PostScript and you have access to a PostScript printer (e.g., LN03R, LPS40), you're all set; capture, upload, print. If not, you need a bitmap translation program (either on VAX or Atari) which will translate the format understood by your Star to either Sixel or Regis. (The former for an LN03, the latter for an LJ250.) Since the Star almost definitely has a resolution of at most 150 DPI, this would produce output which would be greatly inferior to that of PostScript, which always utilizes the highest available resolution of the final output device. Hope this helps. Bob
2840.4		DREGS::BLICKSTEIN	Soaring on the wings of dawn	`Tue Feb 11 1992 10:03`	2
	Please continue this discussion in note 2762, there are already half a dozen or so Cubase notes.