Re: How do I recognize postscript from a file

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From: Vidiot
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 06:45

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In article <BxEy6H.KCs@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
<In article <3944@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
<
<>>When printing from MS Windows to Postscript file, the file (if you don't
<>>make it not to) starts with characters ^D%! (i.e. control-D, %, !).
<
<>The correct way to handle this is for the application to *not*
<>append or prepend ^D's, and let the spooler handle it.
<
<Errr, since when does MS Windows *have* a print spooler?  Don't you
<think it would be pretty silly of the applications to generate output
<that wouldn't work under the most common conditions?

Gee, I thought that MS Windows did have a print spooler.  Sure looked like it
when I used it.
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Subject: Re: How do I recognize postscript from a file
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Date: 10 Nov 92 06:45:04 GMT
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