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From: u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (L. Greg DeMichillie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple Printer Drivers (Was:Microsoft cuts corners, actuall
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Date: 27 Aug 88 02:10:12 GMT
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I for one am quite glad that everyone and their cousing isn't writing
printer drivers.  A recent MacWeek editorial made the point that what does
the user do if Claris' software won't print to a Xereox printer using Cricket's
driver and Apple's operating system?  Who ya gonna call?
Printer drivers are the biggest hassle in the MS-DOS world.  Each application
comes on 6 disks, one for the program and 5 to support every god-awful printer
ever built.  And you can be damn sure that when Epson upgrades their printers
that you will need new and improved drivers to take advantage of their featuers.

My response: LET MS-DOS KEEP THE TROUBLE

Of course, device independent printing is the ideal, as I am sure Apple is 
aware and working on.  But until that day, I'll stick with Apple printers
and Apple drivers.

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L. Greg DeMichillie                    "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" 
u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu              - Jessica Rabbit 
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