Re: Apple 12/640 and Win95

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 00:00

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Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <B1774119966822E63@0.0.0.0>,
> mcrean@petrel.demon.co.uk (Mark Crean) wrote:
> 
> >Am I doing something wrong (I usually do) or is there a
> >fundamental incompatibility here?
> 
> Win95 is full of wonderful printing options- as I've discovered on the LAN
> at work. Try asking in a W95 group as it's more likely to be something in a
> deeply, deeply nested menu...
> 
> Of course, maybe there's something wrong with the parallel port of the
> printer. The Win driver should allow you to install it on a serial port. It
> might work then, which would at least narrow down your options.

Useful suggestions.  What I'd try is: create a Postscript file on a Mac,
put it on the Win95 box, and then send it to the printer.  If something
comes out of the printer, at least you know it's communicating with the
PC.  No, I'm afraid I don't know how to send a file to the printer under
Win95.

Rowland.

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