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Re: Understanding driver output

From rodd@panix.com (Rod Dorman)
Newsgroups comp.lang.postscript
Subject Re: Understanding driver output
Date 2014-08-06 19:06 +0000
Organization Public Access Networks Corp.
Message-ID <lrtubb$cje$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References <53e208bb$0$49555$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> <MPG.2e4c5699fe9e4e669898c5@usenet.plus.net>

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In article <MPG.2e4c5699fe9e4e669898c5@usenet.plus.net>,
ken  <ken@spamcop.net> wrote:
>In article <53e208bb$0$49555$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com>, 
>idprog@trust.com says...
>>   ... 
>> I assume this is done to try and reduce the file size?  Is this normal 
>> practice elsewhere?
>
>Its normal practice everywhere for printer drivers/application output, 
>yes. There's much less excuse for it since we all stopped using 9600 bps 
>serial lines to send PostScript to printers, but old habits never die.

It was also handy back when the only network you had was Sneakernet
and you had to make it fit on a floppy.

-- 
					-- Rod --
rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com

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Understanding driver output idol programmer <idprog@trust.com> - 2014-08-06 11:51 +0100
  Re: Understanding driver output ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2014-08-06 16:14 +0100
    Re: Understanding driver output rodd@panix.com (Rod Dorman) - 2014-08-06 19:06 +0000
      Re: Understanding driver output Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2014-08-06 12:13 -0700
        Re: Understanding driver output ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2014-08-07 07:57 +0100
  Re: Understanding driver output luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-06 22:47 -0700

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