Re: StyleWriter II -> IIGS

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <50968q$r6e@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
ICS Softy <icssofty@aol.com> wrote:
>The StyleWriter II is a clone of a Canon BubbleJet (can't recall the
>model).  If someone wanted to write a driver for it, they didn't
>necessarily need Apple's blessings.  But there was a little more to it
>than knowing the printing codes.

   The Stylewriter II shares the same print engine as some canon
printers, but the support electronics vary quite a lot. As those
support electronics are the things that interface the computer to the
printer, a change in them means that drivers for the BJ* won't work,
as the engine is talked to differently.

Nathan

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