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From: DRF@SU-SCORE.ARPA (David Fuchs)
Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers
Subject: Re: 2700s, LN01s, etc.
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 15:56:37 EST
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Well, I make the VMS TeX distribution tape, and there is no 2700 or
LN01 driver on it.  None has ever been offered to us.  And if one shows
up, you can be sure that the first thing I'm going to do is to call Xerox
and ask their lawyers whether I'm going to get into trouble for giving away
their trade secrets.

I suspect that the DEC sites that use TeX on LN01s are doing non-math
text, which only need 50 baselines or so per page, and just a few
fonts, and have fairly regular word spacing, so they don't run into
the limitations as quickly.  Even if I'm totally wrong about all of
this, and it's a dandy machine, how can anybody tell if they can't get
the specs to effectively use the thing?  (We've had one sitting here
for a few years virtually unused.)  I'd sure be queasy depending on
3rd-party technical specs.  Who needs this hassle for a silly printer?
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