--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > What if it's a new printer without 68k drivers and > > doesn't have LaserWriter emulation? (Or emulation > > for any other PostScript printer brand that had > 68k drivers?) > > Every 68k Mac can print to any postscript > laserprinter (emulated postscript > and real postscript) that talks appletalk (these > specs involve about every > networkable postscript laserprinter in existence).
Depends on how well the PostScript is emulated. :P I had a Qume CrystalPrint Publisher II that would work, barely, when it felt like it with the LaserWriter drivers compatable with Mac OS 7.6.1 on my Power IIci. With olde enough drivers and System 7.1 it worked fine. Supposedly the Qume was able to emulate the LaserWriter II NTR. With the newer drivers the best they would allow was generic LaserWriter. Same thing using it with Windows 9x. I was stuck with generic LaserWriter or generic LaserJet when the printer supposedly would pretend to be a LaserJet II. (With Win3.1x it could.) Apparently Adobe made Apple and Mcrosoft "tighten up" the drivers they provided to almost exclude printers running "clonescript" emulations of PostScript instead of licensing real PostScript from Adobe. (I thought about trying the 3.1x drivers with 98SE but decided to junk the printer instead.) NEC is another company who's used a "clonescript" in some of their printers to avoid paying a license fee to Adobe. So if you're looking for a PostScript printer, make sure it says it has genuine Adobe PostScript. Otherwise Adobe can jigger the drivers (or insist Apple and Microsoft do it) at any update to eliminate compatability or cut it down to the most basic modes of functionality. Then you're stuck either keeping an old computer, old OS and old drivers just to support a printer. A related note on forced obsolescence, I _had_ my UMAX scanner working with WinXP even though it supposedly wasn't supported. ;) Apparently UMAX got together with MS because after applying SP1 the scanner just wouldn't work anymore. :( Well, that gives me a great scanner for use on my Macs! Only the Mac software version that originally shipped with the Vista S6-E will work, but at least it works up through OS 9.1. Why forcibly "obsolete" the scanner for WinXP but not MacOS 9.x.x??? ===== "Work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger. More than ever hour after our work is never over." Daft Punk __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
