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Article #11628

Re: Why won't Windows print?

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From: Ken SYKES
Date: Sat, 04 May 1991 02:41
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In article <1991May1.201553.19249@sbcs.sunysb.edu> altman@sbstaff2.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman) writes:
>In article <1991Apr28.203109.9185@midway.uchicago.edu> lair@ellis.uchicago.edu (Scott A. Laird) writes:
>type of printer other than a PS printer.  ATM is really printing a bitmap
>Now, Microsoft did not write the PS driver nor do they support it.  They
>was written by Aldus.  You might consider giving them a call and mention 
>the limitation to them.



Well, this isn't entirely true.  Yes, Aldus wrote the driver initially.
But now the driver is maintained by both Aldus and Microsoft.  The softfont
limitation is being looked into and if possible will be fixed for 3.1 (Of
course there are no guarantees!)

Ken Sykes
Disclaimer: The above opinions are solely my own.
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From: kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES)
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Subject: Re: Why won't Windows print?
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Date: 4 May 91 02:41:50 GMT
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