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Article #8562Re: Using a postscript printer for previewing?
From: Woodrow Baker
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 14:01
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 14:01
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In article <226@dino.cs.iastate.edu>, shaver@cs.iastate.edu (Dave Shaver) writes:
> pollack@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) writes:
>
> >Imagine being able to get
> >bitmaps for proprietary fonts back to the host! So I guess its
> >probably impossible without a lot of money.
>
> Not much money at all. 8-) Look at Don Lancaster's "Ask the Guru"
> column in the February 1989 issue of Computer Shopper. He shows how to
> do exactly what you're talking about.
>
> /\ Dave Shaver -=*=- CS Systems Support Group, Iowa State University
> \\ UUCP: {hplabs!hp-lsd, uunet!umix!sharkey}!atanasoff!shaver
> \/ Internet: shaver@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu
>
> ...In stereo where available...
Yes, provided you have the version of the printer with a DISK. Otherwise
it can't be done. It depends on the grabbing of cached images off the hard
disk. NOTE: the hard disk system is really buggy, so if you have one, be
careful.
cheers
Woody
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!rpp386!woody From: woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Using a postscript printer for previewing? Summary: using ps printer Message-ID: <17448@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 15 Dec 89 14:01:41 GMT References: <POLLACK.89Dec4133944@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu> <226@dino.cs.iastate.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: River Parishes Programming, Plano, TX Lines: 25