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| From | rodd@panix.com (Rod Dorman) |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.postscript |
| Subject | Re: Understanding driver output |
| Date | Wed, 6 Aug 2014 19:06:19 +0000 (UTC) |
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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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