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From: pipkinsj@cpqhou.uucp (Jeff Pipkins @Adv Dev@SE hou )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Postscript printing small and mirrorimaged!!
Message-ID: <1991Jan04.173636.9674@cpqhou.uucp>
Date: 4 Jan 91 17:36:36 GMT
References: <7699@hub.ucsb.edu> <371@rusux1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <1991Jan02.190554.5285@cpqhou.uucp> <1196@vidiot.UUCP>
Reply-To: pipkinsj@cpqhou.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins @Adv Dev@SE hou )
Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation
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In article <1196@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>In article <1991Jan02.190554.5285@cpqhou.uucp> pipkinsj@cpqhou.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins @Adv Dev@SE hou ) writes:
><
><Just send a control-D (ASCII 04) to the printer to reset it after running
><CorelDraw.  You can use the DOS echo command "echo ^D>lpt1" (of course,
><the ^D is what DOS displays when you hold down the ctrl key and hit D,
><but it sends the correct code).
>
>According to the new PostScript reference manual, the ^D character is device
>dependent and should not be used (page 26).

That's an interesting statement.  The ^D scheme is implemented in every
PostScript printer ever shipped.  What alternative, if any, is offered by
page 26?

-- 
Jeff D. Pipkins (uunet!cpqhou!pipkinsj)

My disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
Papaw's disclaimer: I've already told you more than I know.