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From: osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Adobe license changes.
Keywords: I *HOPE* this is fixed.
Message-ID: <13363@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 90 02:51:06 GMT
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In NeXTOS 1.0 (Just what DO you call the OS a NeXT runs?) Adobe licensing
restrictions forbade using the display postscript mechanism to generate
a bitmap for any output device (save the NeXT printer & screen) at
resolutions higher than 100dpi, if I remember the numbers correctly.
Clearly, this is an astonishingly stupid thing to do, as it makes it
illegal to effectively use printers like the HP-DeskJet.
(I think the ImageWriter is 72dpi, allowing the use of programs like
 iwscript.)

So, my question is:  Has this changed under 2.0?  I *really* like the idea
of having to spend $500 for a DeskJet rather than $1500 for a NeXT printer.
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-John Osborn
-osborn@cs.utexas.edu