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From: guss@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Jim Gussler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: POSTSCRIPT
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.125619.12700@crash.cts.com>
Date: 25 Jun 91 12:56:19 GMT
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Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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>In-Reply-To: message from taob@micor.ocunix.on.ca

>> In-Reply-To: message from ISSLTC@NUSVM.BITNET
>> 
>>     Why can't the Apple IIGS just print directly to the PostScript printer,
>> instead of having to save a PostScript file to a disk, and then
>> transferring it to a Mac, which prints the file to the PostScript printer?
>> Is there some inherent limitation in the GS, or did Apple deliberately
>> cripple the GS so it would compete with the Mac, by not making a real
>> PostScript LaserWriter driver?

>    As far as I know, you _can_ hook up a LaserWriter to the GS via a 
>LocalTalk cable and print.  Assuming of course that you have the necessary 
>AppleTalk software installed on your startup disk.  But how many Apple IIGS 
>owners do you know have a PostScript laser printer at home?  In fact, how 
>many GS's out there are actually connected to a laser printer?  I just use 
>the Macs at work and at school to print my GS stuff from home.  Really, a 
>Mac Plus isn't good for much else anyway... ;-)

I'm not sure about LaserWriter but I have a Hewlett Packard LaserJet IIP
connected to my //gs.  Currently I have it connected via AppleTalk.  However,
I did have it hooked up via a standard serial cable.  The IIP comes with a
Parallel, Serial, and AppleTalk connector on the back.  I've tried two of the
three and they work fine.

And yes, this is in my home.

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