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From: jlfox@unix.cis.pitt.edu (James L. Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Printer drivers in Appleworks
Keywords: appleworks comrex printers apple-2
Message-ID: <102057@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 11 Mar 91 17:52:07 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Computing & Information Services
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 A friend has a Comrex printer ( Com Riter ][ ) attached to his Apple ][e.
The store he bought it from created a custom program disk for him which
caused the "Comrex" printer to appear in his list of printers to choose
from.  Recently he inadvertently inserted the original Appleworks diskette
in the middle of a session. When he finished the session, his custom disk
would no longer list his Comrex printer as an option. The store is out 
of business!
 I know next to 0 about Appleworks but I presume there was(is?) a table 
entry and possibly a custom driver on his program disk. I noted that both
his "startup" and "program" disks are named APPLEWORKS. There is a file 
(I forget its entire name) on his custom disk and the original Appleworks 
program disk with a name ending in ===.pr . The creation date (of this file)
on his custom disk is later than the original and he says the later date is 
near the date he bought the printer.  This leads me to believe he should be 
seeing the Comrex as an option, but he's not.
 Does anyone know what happened here?

    Thanks,
    jlfox@unix.cis.pitt.edu
The ][e owner is Joe Luxbacher in Pitt's athletic dept at (412)648-8217.