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From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Sending PostScript bits back to Mac
Message-ID: <1487@intercon.com>
Date: 12 Oct 89 20:24:04 GMT
References: <1989Oct12.162653.1960@lth.se>
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In article <1989Oct12.162653.1960@lth.se>, sund@tde.lth.se (Lars Sundstr|m)
writes:
> The standard set of PS commands doesn't seem to include
> commands which makes it possible.  

Ayup.  Last I knew, LaserTalk used some special code licensed from Adobe
to accomplish retrieving the contents of the LaserWriter's frame buffer.
For mere mortals, it's off-limits.  This is not entirely a bad thing, since
it lets different printers use different imaging techniques.  Not all printers
use frame buffers...

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Amanda Walker <amanda@intercon.com>

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