[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 06-Jan-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >> Non-trivial printing seems like a tough cross-platform challenge,
> >> since I'm sure the models are very different. The other workaround
> >> that's been discussed is using PDF the same way, write to a PDF
> >> format and let Acrobat finish the job. But I don't think anyone's
> >> implemented that yet.
> >
> > Just like nobody has implemented Acrobat on the Amiga. Anything like
> > this for PDAs or other platforms (other than Windows, Mac and maybe
> > Linux)?
>
> There is quite a good Acrobat reader on Amiga called Apdf.
>
> There are fifty computer platforms and around a thousand models of printer out
> there. A particular printer model will want to see the same code
> regardless of which computer it is plugged into. Probably only Windows
> has drivers for all the available printers. Trying to write drivers
> without help from the manufacturers is an impossible task - and the
> manufacturers will _not_ help.
>
> Although using Acrobat is cumbersome - you would have to
Apple uses pdf engine in their new gui, called AQUA ...
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/01/05/macworld.keynote/index.html
http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/01/02/artpages/macosxsc1024.html
-pekr-
>
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
