September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
16h 1m
English
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Classic
As described in the sidebar on Sidebar 4.2, Mac OS X is like the renaissance operating system: it’s a polyglot, capable of running three different kinds of software: Cocoa (written from scratch for Mac OS X), Carbon (an older program that’s been updated for Mac OS X), and Classic (Mac OS 9 programs that are still Mac OS 9 programs).
Although somewhat unknown to those who are new to the Mac with OS X, Classic programs (older, Mac OS 9-compatible ones) are likely to be part of most longtime Mac fans’ lives for a while yet to come. Therefore, it’s well worth familiarizing yourself with Classic, the Mac OS 9 simulator that opens up automatically whenever you try to launch a Mac OS 9 program.
Printing on Unsupported Mac OS X Printers
Do you have an aging printer that works great in Classic programs but doesn’t work in Mac OS X programs?
Your first resort should be to contact the printer company or, at the very least, to search the Web to see if some enterprising programmer has adapted a printer driver to work with your Mac. That should include a stop at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net, where you’ll find Gimp-Print, a collection of hundreds of Mac OS X printer drivers for older printers. Although Gimp-Print is included in Mac OS X 10.3, it’s still worth a visit to their site to see if any updated drivers have been released.
If you’re still having no luck, and you need to print on that old printer only occasionally, here’s a method of last resort. In a Mac OS X program, save the ...
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