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From: wpd@athena.mit.edu (William P Doyle)
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Subject: Re: Intercepting printer output
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Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 14:54:36 EST
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In article <379@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> johnth@batcomputer.UUCP (John Thurtell) writes:
>I have a couple of question about how to work with printers on the amiga.
>...
>4) Why has this not been done befor? Am I the only one who wants to be able
>   to print in different fonts?  How about a simple program that takes a notepad   document, fixes the resolution and prints it out.  It should be a one or two
>   evening hack for somebody with all the manuals.  (hint hint, I don't have
>   all the manuals yet and I won't have the time for a few months anyway.)
>
>John Thurtell                        | A day without computers is

Along the same lines, how about a "tool" that would allow users to utilize
special features of their printers?  (Perhaps this already exists?)  I am
thinking specifically of proportional fonts, downloadable fonts, etc... that
I have on my ImageWriterII.  It would be nice to buy a fancy printer and to
be able to use it as a "fancy" printer instead of a "virtual" printer
(virtual = "all printers are the same").