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Article #31592Apple Printer Drivers (Was:Microsoft cuts corners, actuall
From: L. Greg DeMichillie
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1988 02:10
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1988 02:10
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I for one am quite glad that everyone and their cousing isn't writing printer drivers. A recent MacWeek editorial made the point that what does the user do if Claris' software won't print to a Xereox printer using Cricket's driver and Apple's operating system? Who ya gonna call? Printer drivers are the biggest hassle in the MS-DOS world. Each application comes on 6 disks, one for the program and 5 to support every god-awful printer ever built. And you can be damn sure that when Epson upgrades their printers that you will need new and improved drivers to take advantage of their featuers. My response: LET MS-DOS KEEP THE TROUBLE Of course, device independent printing is the ideal, as I am sure Apple is aware and working on. But until that day, I'll stick with Apple printers and Apple drivers. ----- L. Greg DeMichillie "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu - Jessica Rabbit lgdemichillie@deneb.ucdavis.edu AppleLink: ST0178
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb.ucdavis.edu!u545731798ea From: u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (L. Greg DeMichillie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Apple Printer Drivers (Was:Microsoft cuts corners, actuall Message-ID: <2943@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 27 Aug 88 02:10:12 GMT References: <77.23156CF6@mailcom.UUCP> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu.UUCP (L. Greg DeMichillie) Organization: None yet, any offers? Lines: 21