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From: mclow@telesoft.telesoft.com (Marshall Clow @telesoft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Selecting LaserWriter without choos
Summary: MPW Choose Tool
Keywords: Chooser, LaserWriter, MPW
Message-ID: <480@telesoft.telesoft.com>
Date: 7 Sep 89 19:30:54 GMT
References: <18000008@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <4906@midas.STS.TEK.COM>
Organization: TeleSoft, San Diego, CA.
Lines: 19

In article <4906@midas.STS.TEK.COM>, herbw@midas.STS.TEK.COM (Herb Weiner) writes:
> 
> MPW provides a tool to select LaserWriters without using the Chooser.
> But then again, I guess Apple feels that they are allowed to break
> the rules.  If you don't have MPW, you're probably out of luck.

	However, the choose tool has some serious problems. The most
	important is that it will _NOT_ work unless you have
	AppleShare installed. The other annoying feature is that it
	only lets you select network devices ( Network printers,
	AppleShare Servers ). I don't know about the rest of the
	world, but since I use 3 different network printers and 4
	non-networked printers every week, and I live in MPW, I sure
	wish it worked better!

	BTW, I work for Palomar Software, and we develop printer
	drivers. That's why I am surrounded by printers.

	Marshall Clow ( mclow@telesoft.com )