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Message no. 1
From: Matti Aistrich <aistrich@********.hkkk.fi>
Subject: PostScript printing
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 13:28:49 +0300 (EET DST)
On Tue, 2 Apr 1996, Gurth wrote:

> Fro said on 1 Apr 96...
>
> > take it to school and print it out with the new super duper laser printers
>
> To print a PS file to a PS printer, all you need to do is send it directly
> to the printer, while if your printer is of a normal kind (non-PS), you

You might run into some problems with printing at school, though (as I
have), because you'll be printing large files in a network -- timeouts
happen, the spooler is unable to handle files sent from the DOS prompt,
etc.

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