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 Jonathan Waland wrote in comp.sys.amiga.applications 

> spaces@woods.uml.edu wrote: : : I would like to purchase a new laser
> printer for my A2000 system but several of : the models I like have
> specs that read something to the effect that : : : "Requires 386sx/16 or
> better, 4 megs ram, 10.5 megs hd space, and Windows 3.1 : or 95" : : Do
> these printers absolutely need to be attached to a pc running windows to
> : operate?  Seems like my A2000 should be able to more than meet the
> specs above : but... :
> 
> some printers don't have a cpu on board, and NEED windoze to actually
> get them to print. Imagine them as partial print engines, with windoze
> being the real driver. The idea is that the printer is then cheeper.
> 
> (but as I said this applies only to some printers)

The magic word in this case is GDI. If the printer ad includes that, one should
better keep his fingers away from it unless one knows for sure there definitely
*is* a printer software that supports those GDI printers. Workbench doesn´t.
Ask your dealer about that.

Cheers,
   Oliver

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    Oliver Fels
Fels@zebra.fh-weingarten.de