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From: mpradhan@f.adelaide.edu.au
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Subject: Re: Freedom of Press Light???
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Date: 23 May 91 04:21:13 GMT
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Keywords: Freedom of Press, Postscript, QuickDraw printers

GA> Under System 6, I simply choose the QuickDraw driver, and it then shows me
GA> all of the print drivers in my System Folder.  I choose StyleWriter, and
GA> voila!  I have a "360-dpi Postscript printer"!  I just attempted to print
GA> a directory under System 7, and it didn't print anything, however.

Charlie Mingo writes:

>     I believe the "QuickDraw" driver just supports QuickDraw-style output,
> so choosing that option wouldn't give you the benefit of PS effects not
> available in QD.  (It would let you output PS files on your QD printer,
> however.)
> 
>     That's why there's a pop-up menu of manufacturere and printers.  The
> only Apple printer supported in my version is ImageWriter.

From my understanding FOP can support certain printers directly, or it can
use generic Quickdraw calls to send the image to the printer using the driver.
This does not mean that PS effects cannot be printed. FOP images the PS image
in the Mac's memory, then sends the bitmap to the printer driver, using QD
calls.

The reason for FOP stuffing up under System 7.0 has been discussed before:
it's due to the placement of the FOP folder and font files, I can't remember
the fix but it was less than obvious.

Regards
Malcolm

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