There is an option for the customer to get MUCH faster printing from MacDraw Pro (and other applications) to an ImageWriter II. Purchase MacPalette II by Microspot. This is a third-party replacement print driver for the ImageWriter II. It requires a Mac with color ROMS (Mac SE/30, LC or any Mac II).
MacPalette not only prints faster, but dithers gradients and other colors for better print quality. The speed difference is especially pronounced when printing from System 7, which is slower printing to an ImageWriter than System 6.
Speed comparison: In the test print using MacDraw Pro 1.0v1 (which included one large 4-color gradient and a text block, printing from a IIci using System 7), the Apple ImageWriter driver took just over 30 minutes to print. The MacPalette II driver took 4:58 to print the same document.
This product has not been fully tested with MacDraw Pro by Claris SQA. However, initial tests show no noticeable issues.