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Article #4370Re: Postscript printing small and mirrorimaged!!
From: Jeff Pipkins Dev hou
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1991 17:36
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1991 17:36
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In article <1196@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes: >In article <1991Jan02.190554.5285@cpqhou.uucp> pipkinsj@cpqhou.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins @Adv Dev@SE hou ) writes: >< ><Just send a control-D (ASCII 04) to the printer to reset it after running ><CorelDraw. You can use the DOS echo command "echo ^D>lpt1" (of course, ><the ^D is what DOS displays when you hold down the ctrl key and hit D, ><but it sends the correct code). > >According to the new PostScript reference manual, the ^D character is device >dependent and should not be used (page 26). That's an interesting statement. The ^D scheme is implemented in every PostScript printer ever shipped. What alternative, if any, is offered by page 26? -- Jeff D. Pipkins (uunet!cpqhou!pipkinsj) My disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. Papaw's disclaimer: I've already told you more than I know.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool2.mu.edu!uunet!cpqhou!pipkinsj From: pipkinsj@cpqhou.uucp (Jeff Pipkins @Adv Dev@SE hou ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Postscript printing small and mirrorimaged!! Message-ID: <1991Jan04.173636.9674@cpqhou.uucp> Date: 4 Jan 91 17:36:36 GMT References: <7699@hub.ucsb.edu> <371@rusux1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <1991Jan02.190554.5285@cpqhou.uucp> <1196@vidiot.UUCP> Reply-To: pipkinsj@cpqhou.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins @Adv Dev@SE hou ) Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation Lines: 20