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From: msf@rotary.Central.Sun.COM (Mike Fischbein)
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Subject: Re: get
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Date: 23 Apr 91 12:19:58 GMT
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In article <47679@ut-emx.uucp> mcintosh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (aubrey mcintosh) writes:

>In the preamble, this software defines a procedure using get.
>Our printer objects to get.  SO I have a page of postscript that
>I can edit and print, deleting references to get.  Good, but not
>close enough.
>
>What does get do?  Is this perhaps in old versions of Apple's
>setup program?

get is an operator in the fundamental, level 1, original, whatever
you want to call it, implementation of PostScript.  It gets a
single element from a specified array, dictionary, or string.

If your printer is objecting to get as an operator, its PS implementation
is in serious trouble.  More likely, the array or dictionary it is
attempting to reference is not available.  You may need to download
the appropriate prolog file (ie, your software expects something to
already be loaded in the printer).


		mike

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