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From: kevin@ux.cs.man.ac.uk (Kevin Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Printer Driver
Message-ID: <5627@ux.cs.man.ac.uk>
Date: 6 Mar 89 18:00:22 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK
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I've just managed to acquire a Sanders S700 printer - a great machine in
its day! I'm hoping to use it with my Amiga but there's an obvious problem.

It doesn't surprise me to find that there's no driver for such a beast in
the default preference list but I have no idea what a printer driver does
on the Amiga.

Can anyone tell me either :
	a) where I can get a driver that will allow me to use the Sanders
	or
	b) point me in the direction of sufficient information for me to be
	   able to work out if it's possible to create a driver.

It seems a shame to let this printer die quietly in a corner (it's been
replaced by a lazer printer or three) when I could do with one at home.

In the old days, you just had to force a few control sequences into various
bits of software and you were away. Ah well, the *disadvantages* of
advancing technology ...

Thanks
	
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