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From: connery@bnrmtv.UUCP (Glenn Connery)
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Subject: Re: MS-Windows and HP-thinkjet
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Date: Wed, 20-Aug-86 19:13:36 EDT
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> >If all else fails, perhaps Microsoft would be kind enough to provide
> >me with enough information to write my own printer driver. My hp-thinkjet
> >manual contains all the information, but the windows documentation doesn't
> >say anything technical.
> 
> I'm in the same boat, but we have an Imagen laser printer that we want to
> use with Windows.  Is it possible to get any kind of technical information
> on writing a driver for Windows?  (Yes, I know I can reverse-engineer it,
> but why bother if the information's available?)

1. You can order the Microsoft Windows Developer's Kit for around $500.00.
   It includes the Microsoft C compiler and all the information you need
   to write said printer drivers.

2. You can wait about a month for the 1.03 release of Windows.  The pictures
   in the PC Week article on it explicitly list the Thinkjet driver.  Not
   sure about the Imagen laser printer, though PostScript is supported.

3. You can pester both Microsoft and the printer maker until they do
   something about the availability of a driver.

4. You can set up windows to spool to a file instead and write a complex
   program to convert the output file to your printer...
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Glenn Connery, Bell Northern Research, Mountain View, CA
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