Hello. **NOTE** this message just expresses what I think/believe - not neccesarily facts =) so please correct me if I'm wrong somewhere- Re: using Windows software to print under DOS: I just don't think you can run them/it under plain DOS. Think about it - Win uses tons of DLLs, internal system calls, and other weird stuff. Some stuff requires special initialisation etc (as in *drivers*, like, printer drivers). Others may use Win32s - which of course means MORE APIs to support. That doesn't mean there doesn't exist simple programs that could just as well have been DOS programs - those who don't use anything Windows except the EXE header. BUT, they are very rare, as people tend to put in stuff in programs that aren't plain DOS calls (ie. windows/DLL calls/etc etc). Of course you could run a Windows program under DOS - if you could make it "self-contained", ie. it does it's stuff without the Win kernel, that is, includes a kernel inside itself, includes all DLLs, has a DOS EXE header (not a Windows one), und so weiter till no end. So, I think usage of PRINTMAN is (at least almost) impossible under DOS, unless you want to REWRITE it. But, if you rewrite it, why not write a plain printer driver instead of Yet Another Windows Emulator which includes a PRINTMAN and lots of drivers for every known printer? To keep this at least a BIT on topic....: With all this said, why not make an Arachne printer driver interface? Michael? (that is, unless running PS through GS is a better (386+) solution...=) Just my $0.02, /petri
