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From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Adobe PPD files
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Date: 1 Dec 89 22:45:02 GMT
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In article <17391@rpp386.cactus.org>, woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker)
writes:
> I have to disagree with you.  Applications do have to do that.  Messing with
> persistant paramenters is not the issue here.  Any program that downloads a
> preamble and a resident portion has to exit to the server.

In a shared environment like Henry's, though, the health of any particular
application doesn't matter as much as guaranteeing that the printer stays
in a known, constant state from job to job.

--
Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
amanda@intercon.com