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QD 29 - Desktop Printing API for Non-GX Printing?
(15-Sept-95, Updated 4-Mar-96, Updated 16-January-98)
Q We would like to incorporate non-GX printer technology in our line of
print drivers. Is there, or will there be, an API we can follow to gain
compatibility with Desktop Printing? If not, do you have any suggestions
of how to obtain this functionality while minimally impacting the
stability of the Mac OS?
A Currently, there is no support for third party desktop printing in the
Mac OS. In the past, Apple has maintained that it would not release the
non-GX Desktop Printing APIs; however, we recently documented the
specification here. We expect
Finder support for third party desktop printing to be made available in a
future release of the Mac OS (post Mac OS 8.1).
Please continue to watch our Developer Web site
for Technotes and further
information on this topic.
-- Ingrid Kelly
Worldwide Developer Technical Support
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