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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: seeing dictionary names
Summary: userdict
Message-ID: <1098@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: 19 Mar 90 03:51:58 GMT
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In article <1997@adobe.UUCP>, jeynes@adobe.COM (Ross A. Jeynes) writes:
> In article <1093@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG> woody@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) writes:
> 
> If it's the manufacturer's documentation that specifies 200 entries for 
> userdict and maxlength is returning 180, send them a bug report.  (Or send
> me a bug report and I'll forward it to QA.)  

My printer suppliment doesnot say.  I don't know about the NEC 890.  I
have recommended to the client that he create a dictionary for his variables
and he has done so.  The info in the red book, is basically all most people
have to go on, apparently most manufacturers do not mention the limits.
Inside PostScript (from Systems of Merrit) gives a length of 200 for the
Qms version 38.  The client saw that, and saw the same info in the red
book, and when the length didn't match, decided it wasn't userdict.
H
Thanks for the information.  

Cheers
Woody

> that are set in Stone (so to speak) for every printer.

ARRRRGGGGGHHHH!  This one requires a dump truck and a front end loader....