Re: [WinMac] Where to find a Panasonic Printer Driver for the Mac

David Ross(d_ross[at]bellsouth.net)
Fri, 07 Jan 2000 15:38:38 -0500

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Ugh, come again?

> MAC driver requires postscripts, I don't think this
> Panasonic model supports mac.

No. The laserwriter driver only knows how to talk to an
Appletalk+Postscript device. But other drivers can talk to anything
they want. Epson uses a special command set. Apple's Stylewriters used
various things. It's the driver that determines it. And with the
Orange Micro unit the OM driver accepts the QuickDraw commands and
generate the printer codes for the printers it supports.

What I said was:

> > Sounds like you have the flow control between the
> > Mac and the printer
> > set wrong. I don't know with this collection of
> > parts where you would
> > change it but it sure sounds like the problem.
> >
Most serial printers use either X-On/X-Off handshaking or hardware
signaling to keep the computer from overrunning the printer buffers.
When they are overrun you get garbage out. Just as the fellow mentioned.

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