Why not 2,4 up printing standard?

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2 total messages Started by Ken-ichiro Aoki Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:53

#1013

Author: Ken-ichiro Aoki
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:53

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Why doesn't 2,4 up printing come standard in standard NeXT environment?
It would be nice when you choose *print* in the menu, there is a place
you could click so that you had the option of 1,2,4 up printing.
I believe there are postscript filters for doing this so this
doesn't sound difficult; or am I missing something? 

It would be nice if all NeXTstep apps came with this option.
(esp. Terminal, mma, Draw, TeXview, etc.)

Just wondering out loud.....
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                        ___Kenichiro Aoki. (aoki@physics.ucla.edu)

Re: Why not 2,4 up printing standard?

#1015

Author: Stefano Pagiola
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 03:56

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Ken-ichiro Aoki writes
> Why doesn't 2,4 up printing come standard in standard
> NeXT environment? It would be nice when you choose *print*
> in the menu, there is a place you could click so that you
> had the option of 1,2,4 up printing.
> I believe there are postscript filters for doing this so this
> doesn't sound difficult; or am I missing something? 
> 
> It would be nice if all NeXTstep apps came with this option.
> (esp. Terminal, mma, Draw, TeXview, etc.)
> 

I don't know about TeXview, but the other 3 apps you mention all have  
this feature. Its in the format->page layout menu choice.  Preview  
doesn't have it, which is annoying.  Neither does WordPerfect, but  
then that's hardly surprising.  Much too obvious.

You're right, though, it probably should be a print panel option  
rather than (or perhaps in addition to) a page layout option.

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Stefano Pagiola
Food Research Institute, Stanford University
spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
spagiola@FRI-nxt-Pagiola.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)

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