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- >>>>> "Ken" == krm <krm@fast.net> writes:
- In article <4mm5fj$d3e@nn1.fast.net> krm@fast.net writes:
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- Ken> Hi ARDI, In the past it has been mentioned that ARDI would
- Ken> wait until Executor is ported to a more advanced operating
- Ken> system (OS/2, Win 95), before implementing certain
- Ken> funtionality. I believe that *printing* was one of the areas
- Ken> mentioned.
-
- There are different aspects to printing. I'll try to give an overview
- of the issues.
-
- Ken> My question is...
-
- Ken> Will Executor (in the future) directly support Mac printer
- Ken> extensions ie. LaserWriter 8.3.3 or will Executor interface
- Ken> with the printer drivers loaded on the underlying operating
- Ken> system.
-
- One of our goals in the future will be to get as much of Apple's
- system software running on top of Executor as possible. Work would be
- done on getting Printer drivers to go, but until we actually do the
- work we won't be able to say which, i if any, we can and can't
- support.
-
- Ken> The reason I ask, is because most publishing houses that use
- Ken> Macs are partial to the PostScript produced by a particular
- Ken> printer driver ie. LaserWriter. In fact some imposition
- Ken> software *only* works with PostScript files produced by
- Ken> specific versions of Mac printer extensions.
-
- There are other printing things that we'll be doing other than trying
- to get Apple code to run under Executor. One thing will be leveraging
- off the existing printing subsystems of other operating systems. We
- already do this under NEXTSTEP, so if we can pull off the same feat
- under Windows '95, we may wind up with output that can be printed
- anywhere that Windows '95 output can be. I realize that this isn't
- the same as specific versions of Mac printer extensions, but I would
- guess that over time more software will accept Windows '95 output.
-
- In addition, we currently only implement a little less than half of
- the printer comments described in the new Inside Macintosh books. In
- fact, our rotated text implementation was broken until beta1. We'll
- implement the remaining ones fairly soon after the post E2 Executor
- source restructuring is completed. Implementing these should result
- in better PostScript output than Executor currently produces.
-
- Without specific details of which programs expect what types of
- PostScript, I eally can't guess which, if any, of the above additions
- to our printing subsystem will help in the areas you're thinking
- about.
-
- Ken> Your thoughts?
-
- Ken> Ken Maritch (registered Executor user) Advanced Technical
- Ken> Projects R. R. Donnelley krm@fast.net ken.maritch@rrd.com
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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