On 06-Jan-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Non-trivial printing seems like a tough cross-platform challenge,
>> since I'm sure the models are very different. The other workaround
>> that's been discussed is using PDF the same way, write to a PDF
>> format and let Acrobat finish the job. But I don't think anyone's
>> implemented that yet.
>
> Just like nobody has implemented Acrobat on the Amiga. Anything like
> this for PDAs or other platforms (other than Windows, Mac and maybe
> Linux)?
There is quite a good Acrobat reader on Amiga called Apdf.
There are fifty computer platforms and around a thousand models of printer out
there. A particular printer model will want to see the same code
regardless of which computer it is plugged into. Probably only Windows
has drivers for all the available printers. Trying to write drivers
without help from the manufacturers is an impossible task - and the
manufacturers will _not_ help.
Although using Acrobat is cumbersome - you would have to
first make the file and the run a reader/printer to print it - it is
probably the nearest to a cross-platform solution available at present.
Plain PostScript should be available as an alternative for those who
have PostScript printers. Acrobat format is basically PostScript in a
wrapper.
Regards
--
Don Cox
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
