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From: amthor@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Geoffrey Amthor)
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Subject: Accessing the NeXT printer from a PC
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Date: 24 Nov 89 17:13:27 GMT
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I'm thinking of purchasing Corel Draw to run under Windows on my '386
clone.  This illustrator apparently achieves markedly better output
with a true PostScript printer, which I don't presently have for my
'386.

Once again, I've begun to wonder whether I can make use of the NeXT printer
for my PostScript output.  I know it's a "dumb" device; does anyone know
whether the cube can act as a non-dedicated print server for non-NeXT boxes?
For both PostScript and non-PostScript output?  What's entailed?  How should
I connect the systems?  Can I put several boxes on one network--say, 2 NeXT
cubes and 2 PCs?  Does it matter whether I'm running DOS or OS/2?