Enclosed is the b5 developer seed of the LaserWriter 8.6 driver.
Compatibility tests
We request that you use this seed to:
1. Test the new LaserWriter software with your company's application or hardware. More specifically, we are interested in whether the software works properly with your:
- hardware and its associated PPD files
- application
2. Test out our EuroGlyph implementation- you will need to Mac OS 8.5 fonts to test this out however. Please see the ftp seed site to get the OS 8.5 seed.
3. Please attempt to transfer the preferences files across machines as described in the 'LaserWriter 8.6 Overview' document.
4. We've changed our LPR implementation slightly- please test this out.
Please send your feedback to devfeedback@apple.com, technical issues to dts@apple.com and bug reports to devbugs@apple.com.
For bug reports, please use the LW 8.6 Bug-Reporting Template included with this package. Please title your e-mail 'LaserWriter 8.6b5 bug report' for faster processing.
Thank you for your participation!
Developer Technical Support
Apple Computer Inc.
7/12/98
NOTE:
None of the features shown in this seed are guaranteed to be available in the 8.6 release of the LaserWriter driver from Apple Computer, Inc.