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From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: backround printing with imagewriter I?
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Date: 16 Jul 90 19:22:19 GMT
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In article <13640001@hpislx.HP.COM> geske@hpislx.HP.COM (Brent Geske) 
writes:
> Backgrounder and Print Monitor work only with PostScript printers
> being addressed over AppleTalk.

Actually, Backgrounder and Print Monitor have nothing to do with 
Postscript, or with AppleTalk.  They work with the LaserWriter IISC, which 
uses QuickDraw and the SCSI bus.

The reason Apple's ImageWriter drivers do not presently support background 
printing is not technical; it has to do with the allocation of programming
resources.

David Casseres
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