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   Christopher G. Mason to Scott Alfter   
   Re: A blast from the past: digging throu   
   25 Jun 25 20:31:04   
   
   From: cgm1@my-deja.com   
      
   On 6/22/2025 8:21 PM, Scott Alfter wrote:   
   > I imaged the hard drive from my IIGS, booted it with MAME, loaded a   
   > 32-year-old Apple user group newsletter produced in an 8-bit DTP package,   
   > and (through a few steps with modern hardware) converted it to a PDF for   
   > your perusal:   
   >   
   > https://alfter.us/2025/06/22/a-blast-from-the-past/   
   >   
      
   For those using Netatalk's PAP server with a "Print to PDF" solution,   
   Publish-IT! and Springboard Publisher both have AppleTalk LaserWriter   
   support, but do not correctly support printer spoolers. If I recall,   
   both didn't insert the required comments (actually spooler commands)   
   into their Postscript output. Otherwise, it would make "printing" these   
   files really easy from real hardware or from GSport/GSplus.   
      
   In other news, the GS/OS LaserWriter driver is now fully supported, even   
   in its stock un-patched state. Getting that to work was a headache!   
   GhostPCL now also properly supports color output from DeskJet 550C   
   drivers as well.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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