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Uh…it'd be real hard for most people to be "LaserWriter 8.1.2" users, because that version is a Kanji-only release that at the moment isn't available outside of Japan. An English-language release of 8.1.2 is not planned, though there might be one on the Developer CD as a convenience for developer…
Apple licensed the software from a third-party, which didn't _tell_ Apple it would expire on October 1st. That's why. –Matt Read action !
PAP is the protocol used to talk to the printer over the network. You can license a PAP client from Apple (with documentation that amplifies Inside AppleTalk, 2nd Edition) or you can write your own if you're really into networking stuff. Anything the printer driver can do, you can do…
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The Macintosh printing architecture doesn't allow you to _read_ anything from a printer, only to write to it. If you want to query a printer, you'll have to open a connection to the printer, probably using PAP client software like you can license from Apple. –Matt Read action !