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From: kearns@garfield.columbia.edu (Steve Kearns)
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Subject: Re: Bitmap problems w/LaserWriter
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Date: Wed, 20-Aug-86 18:07:02 EDT
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Macdraw splits up bitmaps into pieces because there is a programming
guideline that says that no bitmap should be > 3K.  It has something
to do with stack space usage while drawing Pictures.  

The many lines come from the smoothing algorithm the Laserwriteer uses
on bitmaps.  I heard that the later versions of the Laserwriter driver
fixes this.  

-steve