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From: casseres@Apple.COM (David Casseres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Need for PrGeneral in printer drivers.
Message-ID: <881@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 8 Mar 89 18:52:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: internal.881
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <880@internal.Apple.COM> casseres@Apple.COM (David Casseres) writes:

>Printer drivers do not have to implement PrGeneral; that's why the error-
>message return is documented.

I should have added, however, that all current Apple-supported drivers do
implement PrGeneral, and consequently application developers are inclined
to depend on it (as with HyperCard).  Therefore it's a good idea to provide
at least a minimal implementation of PrGeneral, which is easy to do.

David Casseres