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Uwe Seimet edited this page 2022-12-04 23:22:42 +01:00
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A SCSI printer is implemented as ''SCLP'' device since PiSCSI release 22.05.

Device drivers for Atari ST/TT/Falcon and the Milan are available. The device driver sources are provided on GitHub.

Development Resources

Classic Macintosh

Apple produced two SCSI printers which could be emulated. They made the low cost LaserWriter SC, which uses bitmaps like the ImageWriter while the LaserWriter IISC is a higher cost PostScript printer. Emulating these devices in PiSCSI would be one way to support printing using Apple drivers.

A second way would be to develop a 3rd party print driver from scratch. Information on developing print drivers for classic Mac OS is provided in the Learning to Drive document. This is a .hqx archive that contains a Microsoft Word document that describes the structure of PMRF drivers. It is unclear whether this is the latest or best documentation, but I examined the resource forks of several Apple provided print drivers and also of James Walker's PrintToPDF and found that it followed the general structure described in the document.