Trawling the archives, and I have come across numerous contributions of
yours. Every single one has been an advertisement for your own product. It
seems that you have yet to make any meaningful contribution of a technical
nature.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: Printer's SDK
> >> There are several Printer SDK out there. Search on PalmGear.
> >
> >There are a number of royalty-bearing products out there. No need to go
to
> >PalmGear though - just drop a line to this list, and wait for the vendors
to
> >tout for trade.
> >
> >But if the thought of a $40 fee on top of your $20 product is too much to
> >bear, you might find yourself rolling your own.
>
> I'm belatedly responding to this. I'm not familiar with the pricing of
> competitive products, but I can speak with authority on our own
> (PalmPrint/SCS PrintServer), and licensing print driver software doesn't
> cost anything like $40 a copy. So while there certainly are reasons for
> "rolling your own", for most people, cost will not be among them. Letting
> someone else do the printing software lets you concentrate on your own
> application development, rather than reinventing the wheel, and means
> that when new technologies (e.g., IrDA) or new printers (e.g., Monarch
> 6015) come onto the market, someone else is effectively updating that
> aspect of your application for you.
>
> Please note that the author of the above statements has a financial
> interest in their content and cannot be taken to be an unbiased source.
> :-)
>
> Development details ("SDK") for PalmPrint/SCS PrintServer can be found at
> http://www.stevenscreek.com/palm/palmprintdev.html
>
> Licensing fees are NOT discussed there, but can be discussed privately by
> email or at PalmSource.
>
> Steve Patt
> President, Stevens Creek Software
> http://www.stevenscreek.com/palm
> Best PQA ("ePQA"), PalmSource 99
> Best Application ("PizzaScan"), Palm Developer's Conference 1998
> First printing software for the Palm - September, 1997
>
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