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From: heygel@inf.ethz.ch (Reto Heygel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Test Page on Power On / Off
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Date: 18 Oct 90 07:08:01 GMT
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In article <1647@chinacat.Unicom.COM> woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM
(Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) writes:

> It is in every suppliment that I've seen for the printer.

Apple didn't supply me with that information. I bought a
LaserWriter 2NTX last year.

> For the life of me, I cannot see why
> one should want to disable it.  On the PS-810, it prints out the configuration
> of the machine, as to which i/o mode it is using, and the number of pages
> printed.  I depend on it to help me do job billings, and make life easier
> in general, so I don't try to print postscript when it is in LaserJet mode
> etc. etc.

How do you know the configuration of your printer at 4 p.m.? When you don't know it,
are you going to push your printer off and on again to get the smart start page?
Laser printer manufacturer should provide their machines with a little status
display to get those informations.

You didn't comment the thousands of pieces of paper being wasted due to these
start pages. I'm sure that the status display would be an easy and comfortable
way to prevent this waste.

Reto Heygel
ETH Zurich
Switzerland

heygel@inf.ethz.ch