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From: chris@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Wanted: "NULL" printer driver
Message-ID: <198@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM>
Date: 24 Jan 90 13:25:44 GMT
References: <1990Jan23.034921.569@smsc.sony.com>
Reply-To: chris@ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt)
Organization: Unisys/Automated Document Management Systems, Radnor, PA
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In article <1990Jan23.034921.569@smsc.sony.com> dce@smsc.Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes:
>For some silly reason, there are programmers who feel that not
>having a printer connected to a Mac warrants an alert.  When this
>is a DA that is used a lot, it can be very annoying.

How RUDE!

>Does anyone know of a way to fake the system into appearing like
>it has a printer without actually having one?  I can't just install
>a driver and choose it, since it takes over my printer port, which
>is where my modem is (my MIDI interface is on the modem port).

Use the 'Preview' printer driver.  What it does is, when you 'print' to it,
it draws a representation of the printout on the screen, tying up no
printer ports.  It *should* be in the archives, or I'll post it if requested.

>David Elliott
>dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce

	--chris sterritt
	chris@adms-rad.unisys.com

>"Never call a crazed psychotic a crazed psychotic."

	S/he may call you one back... :-)