jordan@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Steve J. Jordan) (12/19/89)
Dear GS Junkies, Does anyone know where I can get details about writing my own printer drivers for the GS? (Maybe you guys at Apple would know...?) As far as I can tell, there is no documentation out there on the subject. My Apple IIGS Toolbox Reference manuals only state something to the effect of: "At the time of this writing, no details on the internal structure of a printer driver is available..." Thanks, in advance, for any assistance provided! Steve Jordan jordan@hpfcdj.HP.COM
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (12/20/89)
In article <17230007@hpfcdj.HP.COM> jordan@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Steve J. Jordan) writes: >Dear GS Junkies, > >Does anyone know where I can get details about writing my >own printer drivers for the GS? (Maybe you guys at Apple would know...?) > >As far as I can tell, there is no documentation out there on the subject. > >Steve Jordan >jordan@hpfcdj.HP.COM I, being an eternal optimist, like to believe that if a lot of people ask the same question, writing a Technical Note on it is the best way to solve it. For this issue, that hasn't been the case. We released the complete printer driver and port driver specifications about 19 months ago (Apple IIgs Technical Notes #35 and #35), and yet there are more questions than ever on when are we going to document these things. (The last one was from a sysop of a national online network [no names] who indignantly demanded that Apple stop hogging the market and release the specs for printer drivers. He indignantly demanded this 18 months after the specs had been released, and they had been available on his network for the past year.) I hope this answers your question, Steve, in a round-about whiny kind of way. -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================
mcgurrin@MWUNIX.MITRE.ORG (12/20/89)
Since I confess to not following the Tech Notes, this may be a dumb question, but is an index published regularly? Since the tech. notes are available on many systems, maybe letting folks know that they can look at an index file to find out what tech notes are out, and which note to look in might help.
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (12/21/89)
In article <8912201423.AA14583@mwunix.mitre.org> mcgurrin@MWUNIX.MITRE.ORG writes: >Since I confess to not following the Tech Notes, this may be a dumb question, >but is an index published regularly? Since the tech. notes are available on >many systems, maybe letting folks know that they can look at an index file to >find out what tech notes are out, and which note to look in might help. Certainly. "About Technical Notes", or "Tech Note #0" is released with every batch of Technical Notes (and in the paper batches, it's always the one on top). It contains both a numerical "table of contents" and a subject index. -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================
ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy) (12/21/89)
In-Reply-To: message from mattd@Apple.COM Where can I get an Index of all the Tech Notes published by Developer support. This could alleviate many potential questions on my part.
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (01/02/90)
In article <8959.infoapple.net@pro-generic> ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy) writes: >In-Reply-To: message from mattd@Apple.COM > >Where can I get an Index of all the Tech Notes published by Developer support. >This could alleviate many potential questions on my part. Technical Note #0 ("About Technical Notes") always contains an index, both by subject and by note. This is revised with every release of Technical Notes, and should always be with them (it's the one on top of each paper batch). -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================