On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 10:02:46PM -0500, Allen Briggs wrote:
> > I'm all for it!  Actually, though, I don't see why we don't add at least
> > some of those to the default printcap.  There's nothing preventing the
> > use of an ImageWriter on a PC.  Submit it as a change-request PR!

I like that idea.
 
> Perhaps it should still be a port-mac*-specific package, or a pkgsrc
> kind of thing, though... one of the things that's really raised my
> hackles about Apple's system installs is that, even if I tell it I
> only want LaserWriter 8 and Dekstop Printing (or, worse yet, I only
> want one specific SytleWriter), I get drivers for every printer that
> version of MacOS supports. Wastes space in the memory footprint and
> on disk.

I usually delete those, too, but it's not the same thing. We're only
talking about adding a few lines to the printcap. A relatively modern
example of how to set up a serial printer could be useful for someone
who doesn't even have an imagewriter. I say just put it in the printcap.