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   Message 489 of 1,512   
   Jamie Hart to All   
   Re: konica minolta PagePro 1350W laser p   
   12 Jul 04 13:16:31   
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: theodorebronson@hotmail.com   
      
   "Hiram Abiff"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9524118DC4689spamspamsnuhspam33@207.14.113.17...   
   > Earl Colby Pottinger  wrote in   
   > news:FMWdnaGRhYVgjm_dRVn-hg@look.ca:   
   >   
   > > BeBox Bandit  :   
   > >   
   > >> I have the Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W laser printer and I can't   
   > >> seem to get it working under BeOS. Anyone else have this printer or   
   > >> offer some suggestions on how to get it to work?   
   > >   
   > > This appears to be a Win-Printer, ie it uses Window's own render   
   > > engine in the computer to compute each page.  It is not possible to   
   > > get it running under BeOS unless you can find out how a page's bitmap   
   > > is transfered to the printer.  If you can find the coding needed a   
   > > printer driver for BeOS can be written.   
   > >   
   > >                   Earl Colby Pottinger   
   > >   
   >   
   > I know it's not a full solution, but can't he send plain text to it,   
   > anyway?   
   >   
   Nope, it treats everything as a formatted page image, send text and all   
   you'd get is garbage.   
      
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