i emailed epson support and they said they are going to include os9 drivers for their new printers, but not develop it for my artisan 50.
was there ever a generic epson driver for os9,8,7 etc? maybe that would some how see my epson?? (or am i hoping for too much...?) On Apr 13, 4:43 pm, glen <glenst...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: rumble <rum...@metrocast.net> > > > i just tried exporting as a pdf, but pagemaker is asking me to select > > a postscript printer from the chooser (which i don't have) > > and i do not believe these (or any) newer inkjet printers include > > drivers for os 9. > > PM 6.5 will export directly from the file menu (file> export> Adobe PDF) if > Acrobat Distiller is installed. Acrobat Distiller is installed as part of the > PM > 6.5 default (Easy Install option). If it is not installed you can install it > from the PM 6.5 installation disk either directly from the Adobe Distiller 3.0 > folder or by using custom install and just installing Adobe Distiller. > > Short of Distiller there is or used to be a free extensions, one called > Acrobat™ > PDFwriter 4.05 and another one called AdobePS 8.8.0 which may be still be > available from Adobe download site. When one or both are installed they will > show up in Chooser as printers. They reside in the OS 9 Extensions folder. I > never had to use them to create a PDF from PM 6.5 > > For a test I just created a PDF from PM 6.5 while in 10.3.9. Classic mode on a > G4 Sawtooth. I did not have to use Chooser. > > HTH --glen -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
