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From: daveharv@pro-novapple.cts.com (Dave Harvey-SysAdmin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: POSTSCRIPT
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Date: 26 Jun 91 14:58:54 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from andy@pro-palmtree.cts.com

>    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?

That's what my wife and I do with our IIGS's all time.  That is,  print 
directly to a TI microLaser using Postscript both networked thru AppleTalk.
(The printer has both AppleTalk and Postscript options installed.)  The 
microLaser works fine (except for one program, Platinum Paint) with the
LaserWriter driver that comes with the System Software.


 
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