tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) (12/12/90)
In article <4276@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> howlett@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Scott Howlett) writes: >I am in a position to accept contract work which includes writing a QuickDraw >printer driver which will eventually support several types of printers, >including color printers. Although I am an experienced C programmer, I >have never written a printer driver before (I suppose everyone has to start >somewhere :) ). > >While I have some sample code and other information, I am relatively clueless >about the exact scope of the work entailed in writing such a driver. If >anyone out there has any information about their experiences in writing >printer drivers, I would be most grateful to hear from you. The Apple document "Learning to Drive" estimates two man-years. I believe a color driver, or a general purpose driver, would take half again as long. (Of course, some of us have man-months which are the equivalent of most people's man-years!) You can acquire the document on Applelink. -- Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com FROM THE FOOL FILE: "In any religion or form of worship, followers should be allowed to think for themselves. In every religion that has a god other than Jesus Christ, adherents are not allowed to think for themselves." -- Lauren Stratford, "Satan's Underground"