Re: image decompression within postscript (a FAQ I'm sure!)

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From: Robert Rogers
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 16:17

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In article <1992Oct19.100303.19654@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> blaak@csri.toronto.edu (Raymond Blaak) writes:
>I am sure this has been dealt with before, since it seems like such a good
>idea. Regardless:
>
>To reduce transmit time over a slowish serial printer link when printing
>images, I would like to simply send a short and sweet decompression algorithm
>followed by compressed image data. The printer itself then generates the
>image by decompressing the data.
>
>Before I go and write such a thing myself, does anyone know where I can find
>such a program? I will post a summary if I see enough enthusiam.
>
>Cheers,
>Ray
>blaak@csri.toronto.edu

It's built into level 2 PostScript. You just need a level 2 printer (yeah,
just go out and buy one, only a few thousand $).

This has been talked about much here, with no success.
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Subject: Re: image decompression within postscript (a FAQ I'm sure!)
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