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From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Subject: Re: Aging Apple LaserWriter
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:30:41 -0500
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> Hello,
> I could not find what I want to know doing the ususal perusals.
> I have the chance to pick up an aging Apple Laserwriter 16/600 that
> supports PS2 .. I assume (hope) that this would work trouble-free on
> FreeBSD. It has parallel port and ethernet connections.
>
> (I know you have to make provision for plain-text, but I am more
> interested in using it to print larger PostScript files).
>
> Word on the street is that any PS printer should work on FBSD.
> True ?

True enough.  With ghostscript + apsfilter + magicfilter, anything is
possible.

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Matt Emmerton


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