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From: maryw@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Mary Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DeskWriter
Message-ID: <-286499986@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Aug 89 15:53:07 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>  From mead@hamal.usc.edu Fri Aug 18 18:21:19 1989
>  From: mead@hamal.usc.edu (Dick Mead)
>  Subject: Deskwriter
>  Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
>  Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
>  
>	on both sides of the paper and that worked fine, too. I also
>	confirmed that at least one spooler won't work, SuperLaserSpool.
>	The print dialog comes up, the spooled file is created, but nothing
>	to the printer. This is probably the one reason I won't buy a Deskwriter
>
>	Now, if HP would like to re-write their driver (hello, HP?), then
>	I would be happy to buy one, and recommend them as an Imagewriter II
>	replacement to people who are always asking me what to get. But for
>	now, I'll just stick with my noisier and less pretty-printing, but
>	very spoolable, Imagewriter II. Sorry HP..


Posted for Bob Engel, DeskWriter product manager:

* We recognize the value of spooling for DeskWriter.  In the short
term we are working with SuperMac who have expressed a strong
desire to support the product via their SuperLaserSpool product.
The longer term solution is Apple's System 7.0, which will provide
spooling for any printer.

Bob Engel
Hewlett-Packard
Vancouver Division