>If I understand it correctly, only very old legacy printers have the
>Postscript "engine" in the printer itself. Modern Postscript printers do
>the Postscript interpretation (rasterization) using a driver in the OS of
>the motherboard, and send only the raster to the printer.
Not so. Plenty o
If I understand it correctly, only very old legacy printers have the Postscript
"engine" in the printer itself. Modern Postscript printers do the Postscript
interpretation (rasterization) using a driver in the OS of the motherboard, and
send only the raster to the printer. (All modern printers
>My wife's PowerBook is still running OS9. She prints using our Brother
>2040 without any problems. They clerk at the store has probably just
>read what is on the boxes. I'd say find the printers you like then
>check their web site for drivers.
This is probably correct.
Brother uses a lot
My wife's PowerBook is still running OS9. She prints using our Brother
2040 without any problems. They clerk at the store has probably just
read what is on the boxes. I'd say find the printers you like then
check their web site for drivers.
Steve
P.S. - If you can't find any drivers for OS
Here's my dilemma: when my printer quit, I thought I could just buy another one
and plug it in.
That was naïve. When I got to the store, I was told that none of the printers
currently for sale would work with OS 9.
"Why not?" I asked.
"It's the drivers," I was told. "The printers ju
