Native printing from Squeak

John Hinsley jhinsley at telinco.co.uk
Mon Apr 23 14:36:44 UTC 2001


Peter Munro wrote:

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> I'd like to ask the question again: is there a way (or is anyone
> planning one) to print from Squeak using the native o/s printer drivers?

Just a small point: postscript *is* the native o/s printer driver for
*nixes (and, if I remember correctly, for some Macs).

> 
> Reason: My colour printer doesn't do PostScript! And besides, I find
> having to save to files etc with PostScript printing cumbersome.

I'm not sure whether it would help (I tend to spend as little time
outside Linux as possible -- it's much safer inside!), but there is a
free (absolutely) and very nice ghostscript/ghostview package for
Windows. Effectively this turns postscript output into output your
printer (if it is supported) can use.

(And you might like to see the trouble Eliot and the VW folk are having
with native Windows printers!)

If you've not already come across it, a Google search for ghostscript
should turn it up.

Cheers

John 


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