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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
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Subject: Re: LaserJet 4 pages/1 piece of paper on UNIX
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Date: 8 Mar 91 06:46:32 GMT
References: <DFREUDEN.91Mar7101053@fis1004.shearson.com>
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In article <DFREUDEN.91Mar7101053@fis1004.shearson.com> dfreuden@shearson.COM writes:
<Hello
<
<Does anyone know of a utility which makes a LaserJet print four pages on one
<piece of paper?
<
<I believe I have heard of such a beast under DOS, and a postscript version for
<unix, but not a LASERJET version under UNIX, the latter being what I am now
<looking for.
<
<By the way, if there is some DOS version that has source code that's good
<enough.

The problem with the HP LJ is that to get four pages to a page would require
the fonts that are used on the page to be scalable.  As you know, the fonts
are not scalable.  No scaling, no reducing.
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