"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." wrote:
> I don't know what the big deal about print preview is.
>
> At least on the Mac OS 9 and lower Platform, Print preview is part of
> the print Driver (Chooser file).
>
> In any program be it Communicator , Moz, N6, Word, Quicken and so on.
> When you decide to print you go to File menu> Print.
>
> While in the print Box you have the choices of setting numbers of
> Copies, desired pages, and preview. This create a preview of the job
> that you can see on the screen. You can print from the preview window ,
> but only the page your previewing at the time. So it I want to preview
> something I go to print then select preview after viewing the preview I
> usually cancel from within preview then go back to print, resetup then
> actually prin the job.
>
> Doesn't Unix, OS X, and Windows do this? If they do what's the point of
> using print preview from within the program. I don't see any value in it
> unless print drivers are setup different in these other languages.
>
phillip
as you have been told before
windows and *ix print drivers do not offer "print preview"
it is a programs repsonability to provide it if wanted
once again you assume that because Mac does something every other OS does it too
dave
