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Printing to non NeXT printers
The biggest thing that's holding 1.3 back is the inability to print
to non-NeXT printers. This doesn't affect most of you, but those who
it does affect have been stranded with an old copy of Executor for a
while.
I plan to work on this problem almost exclusively until I have it
solved. Please correct me if my information is incorrect:
1) Printing used to work to non-NeXT printers with 1.2.1
2) Printing has not worked since 1.2.2
On some printers (e.g. Apple based) only the
first page comes out
On others (e.g. HP based) *nothing* comes out
3) Printing to preview has always worked
Of course it's number 3 that makes things so frustrating, PostScript
supposedly being PostScript and all. Hopefully that will make this
"easy" to track down (even though I've visited the problem a few
times before with no success).
Any other information that can be provided will be appreciated. Let
me know if you have a non-NeXT printer and you wouldn't mind me
NeXTmailing you test pages to print out as I fiddle around over here.
Let me know what times I may expect to get you via e-mail (someone
who can do this over the weekend would be a win).
The two easiest ways to approach this, either buying a non-NeXT
printer or hiring a PostScript expert just haven't been possible yet.
Ironically I think we'll be able to do both once Executor/DOS is
shipping, but I want 1.3 shipping before Executor/DOS ships.
Hopefully I'll have the printer business straightened out by Monday.
--Cliff