Hello,
On 06-Jan-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
No, it's a PDF reader, not "Acrobat". Apdf is still buggy, I've had it lock
up or crash several times.
> There are fifty computer platforms
And only one or two seem to be well supported.
> 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.
And some manufacturers (seem to) try to prevent other drivers from being
written by making Winprinters (like Windows is the only OS out there).
Elliott
