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From: jmw9681@USAV01.GLAXO.COM ("J. Michael Word")
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: My $0.02 on local printing at X terminals
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Date: 13 Jul 90 12:41:00 GMT
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From:	USA::JMW9681      12-JUL-1990 15:04:39.03
To:	USAV01::WINS%"wood%lavc3.dnet@smithkline.com"
CC:	JMW9681
Subj:	RE: FWD: Printing on X-terminals

Thanks for forwarding this info to me.  I definitely agree with you and
Bob: it sounds fishy to users to be told that they something useful and
easy on the older equipment is now harder and very much non-standard on
their expensive new equipment.  Simply put, local printing is generally
understood to be a terminal issue and work to increase the usefulness of
the terminal should not reduce capibilities.  I suppose it is easier if
some OTHER standards committee has to figure out the problem but just
who would that be?  I vote local printing is a terminal issue and X is
standardizing the software interface to terminals.

Mike