Re: why is Postscript like a poorly-adjusted tape drive?

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From: Gary Henderson
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 13:55

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gary@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Gary Henderson) writes:

: o Finally, if the PostScript is "home grown", there is a possiblilty that
:   the originator has made use of a vendor's exten

Looks like a few of my bytes got blasted!  Anyway, you get the idea -
avoid the printer manufacturer's documentation (his extensions) and
stick with the red, green, and blue books (and black-and-white for the
font fanatics, and purple for Next users).  They contain the language
definition.

                                     Gary
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Gary J. Henderson
gary@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com
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Subject: Re: why is Postscript like a poorly-adjusted tape drive?
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