Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!trigraph!john From: john@trigraph.uucp (John Chew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Writing Printer Drivers Message-ID: <1989Jun22.164813.15899@trigraph.uucp> Date: 22 Jun 89 16:48:13 GMT References: Sender: john@trigraph.UUCP (John Chew) Reply-To: poslfit@gpu.utcs.UToronto.CA Organization: Trigraph Inc., Toronto, Canada Lines: 26 In article Andy Tepper writes: >I'm considering writing a printer driver for the Macintosh that will appear >in the Chooser menu, and will display each page onscreen rather than send >it to an actual printer. I have been unable to locate any information on >the subject of printer drivers. Does anyone out there have specifics? >I'm planning to work in LSC. Are you aware that there already is a good shareware device that does this? Preview (the latest copy I have is v1.4) by Randy Ubillos of COMPUTER:applications, Inc. (1986 documentation gives an address of 12813 Lindley Dr. Raleigh NC 27614) displays a reduced view of each printed page and lets you zoom in on specific areas by clicking with a magnifying glass. If you're still interested in writing the driver out of sheer masochism, there's an excellent article by Joel West in the June 1989 issue of MacTutor dealing with all the horrible things that poorly written applications can do to printer drivers, which is worth reading just for its entertainment value. John -- john j. chew, iii phone: +1 416 425 3818 AppleLink: CDA0329 trigraph, inc., toronto, canada {uunet!utai!utcsri,utgpu,utzoo}!trigraph!john dept. of math., u. of toronto poslfit@{utorgpu.bitnet,gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca}