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From: dougp@sbphy.ucsb.edu
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Subject: Re: mCAD & printers
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Date: 18 Jun 89 23:58:37 GMT
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In article <56067@linus.UUCP>, rachamp@mbunix.mitre.org (Richard A. Champeaux) writes...

>In article <5160043@hplsla.HP.COM> tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) writes:
>   The current version only prints to the printer because we
>never thought of sending it anywhere else.  But I really like the idea of 
>sending it to a screen.  It would be trivial to implement, and would be
>Rich Champeaux  (rachamp@MBUNIX.MITRE.ORG)

How about a printer driver whos output is a window or a screen?
the driver would create a task which would open a window or a screen 
with a close gadget which would contain the image or text that was
sent to the driver. every form feed would create a new window with
its own task. the purpose of the task would be to refresh the image
when the window is resized and handling the closing the window. This
driver could be used as a print preview on anything that used the 
prn: device. I don't know how you would choose the resolution or
handle color though, maby just use the 8 primary colors availble
on most color printers and use dithering.

douglas peale