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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Need Help Writing GS Printer Driver
Message-ID: <37395@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 19 Dec 89 16:40:51 GMT
References: <17230007@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <17230007@hpfcdj.HP.COM> jordan@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Steve J. Jordan) writes:
>Dear GS Junkies,
>
>Does anyone know where I can get details about writing my
>own printer drivers for the GS?  (Maybe you guys at Apple would know...?)
>
>As far as I can tell, there is no documentation out there on the subject.
>
>Steve Jordan
>jordan@hpfcdj.HP.COM

I, being an eternal optimist, like to believe that if a lot of people ask the
same question, writing a Technical Note on it is the best way to solve it.

For this issue, that hasn't been the case.  We released the complete printer
driver and port driver specifications about 19 months ago (Apple IIgs Technical
Notes #35 and #35), and yet there are more questions than ever on when are we
going to document these things.

(The last one was from a sysop of a national online network [no names] who
indignantly demanded that Apple stop hogging the market and release the specs
for printer drivers.  He indignantly demanded this 18 months after the specs
had been released, and they had been available on his network for the past
year.)

I hope this answers your question, Steve, in a round-about whiny kind of way.


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