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From: josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann)
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Subject: Re: Freedom of the Press Light 3.0
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Date: 2 Nov 90 16:11:17 GMT
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In article <25233@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> mfi@serc.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante) writes:
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>Can someone please describe FOP (briefly).
>ie.
>	Is it a chooser level driver?
>
>	Does it work on the imagewriter ii?

Freedom of Press is a PostScript rasterization program that allows printing of PostScript code on QuickDraw printers and other non-PostScript output devices, including slides...
To use, you need Multifinder, gobs of memory and disk space, and optimally a Mac II with an FPU, although the latter is optional, as I understand. The FPU makes it much faster, though.
Ya' print using the LaserWriter chooser driver to _disk_, and FOP interprets the PS file and rasterizes it much as a normal PS printer would.
I _believe_ the imagewriter is supported.
It is slow, though, so be prepared to watch the watch icon spin.
For some printers, FOP will run in the background, but unfortunately not for my GCC PLPII.

Hope this helps....
Josh Hartmann
josh@athena.mit.edu