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From: jao@k.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Using a non-ImageWriter printer with a Mac (How's it done?)
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Date: Sun, 12-Apr-87 18:54:38 EST
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Question:  How easy is it to use a non-ImageWriter printer to a Macintosh?
Recently I've had a couple of questions at work (I work at the campus computer
center here at Purdue University) about doing this.  Making cables to inter-
face printer to Mac is no problem;  I'm wondering how well the Mac TALKS
to non-Apple printers.  

Often people see the light and upgrade from PCs to Macintoshes :-) but want
to keep their old printers.  Others want alternatives to buying the IW II.
Are printer drivers available for other printers?  Do they allow reasonable
speed/quality output of all Mac fonts and graphics as the IW does?  

Anyone here actually hooked up a non-IW printer to a Mac?  I'm curious to
know what you had to go through to use it without compatibility problems.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

John O'Malley
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