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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