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From: jfbrule@cmx.npac.syr.edu (Jim Brule)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macintosh and Printers
Summary: Try Hypercard
Message-ID: <678@cmx.npac.syr.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 88 20:38:34 GMT
References: <15098@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <18536@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: jfbrule@cmx.npac.syr.edu (Jim Brule)
Organization: Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse NY
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In article <18536@apple.Apple.COM> casseres@Apple.COM (David Casseres) writes:
>
>The bad news is that label printing is a very specialized application, and
>the existing architecture for printing just doesn't handle it very well.  To
>make printing work the way you would like it to would mean a reimplementation
>of all of Apple's drivers, and Apple hasn't considered that a high enough
>priority.

I have found that I can get around this (ok, it's a kludge, but I =need=
labels) by using Hypercard, and reading in text to a stack that I've
designed for this purpose. Other solutions have not worked as well,
namely, trying to use MS Word and its merging capabilities. Admittedly,
MS Word gets around thr problem of blank fields, but I haven't yet found
the time to adequately train my secretary in its use (and believe me,
she's no dummy!).



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