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From: david@sun.uucp (David DiGiacomo)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Eroff and HPdeskjet
Message-ID: <66638@sun.uucp>
Date: 1 Sep 88 20:58:48 GMT
References: <780002@hp-sde.SDE.HP.COM> <339@elan.UUCP>
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA
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In article <339@elan.UUCP> kg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer) writes:
>From article <780002@hp-sde.SDE.HP.COM>, by wunder@hp-sde.SDE.HP.COM
>> 
>> The reason that the DeskJet can't back up in graphics is lack of RAM,
>> as I understand it.
>
>No, it simply will not move the paper in the reverse direction.
>It has nothing to do with the RAM available.

Laser printers cannot move the paper in the reverse direction, or stop the
paper once it is moving.  They "back up" by buffering some or all of the
page in RAM.  The DeskJet could use the same approach.
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David DiGiacomo, Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, CA  sun!david david@sun.com