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From: philip@Kermit.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
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Subject: Re: RS232 PostScript printer connection?
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Date: 2 May 90 21:32:48 GMT
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In article <9130@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, tgl@zog.cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane) writes:
> As far as I can tell from the manual, Apple's LaserWriter driver only knows
> how to talk to AppleTalk-connected printers.  Is there a way to persuade
> this driver to talk to a generic PostScript printer via RS232?  If not, what
> software are all those non-Apple PostScript printers driven with?
The vast majority of PS printers DO have AppleTalk interfaces. Exceptions are
mainframe-oriented printers and upgraded printers (e.g., with a cartridge).
I'm not sure about clones, but Adobe presumably decided to make AppleTalk
either standard or a low-cost option, since they had to do it anyway for
Apple.

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu