Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ottix-news.ottix.net!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail 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) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <53e208bb$0$49555$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1407351979 12910 166.84.1.3 (6 Aug 2014 19:06:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 19:06:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.postscript:1953 In article , ken 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