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From: bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple Printer Drivers (Was:Microsoft cuts corners, actuall
Message-ID: <10330022@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 28 Aug 88 17:33:54 GMT
References: <2943@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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>What I want is to be able to buy an Epson FX-286, call up Epson, and for an
>extra $8 or so they send me a printer driver for my Macintosh.  I get the
>disk, copy the file into my system folder, and I'm golden.

100% agreement here. Apple's policy at this point seems to be aimed at
preventing other vendors from entering the (highly lucrative) printer
business. Apple should provide printer manufacturers, at the very least,
the directions for building printer drivers

Apple's argument that the printer drivers are to volatile for other people
to write only suggests that something is very screwed up with the printer
interface.

Bob Hablutzel		BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
Disclaimer:	My bosses don't think I know anything, either.