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From: geller@tfd.UUCP (David Geller)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: *COMPLETE* Postscript Description (was: Using a postscript printer for previewing?)
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Date: 14 Dec 89 18:45:03 GMT
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Organization: Electric Logic, Inc., Washington, D.C.
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> "secret" PostScript commands when Adobe's "red book" claims to be the
> complete discription of the PostScript language.

The Red Book was probably written before or during development of the
code for the Laserwriter. It does not contain all that is within the
Laserwriter. If you require more extensive information about the actual
workings of a 300 dpi laser printer using Adobe's PostScript try the
following:

   INSIDE POSTSCRIPT
   "An analysis of the PostScript Interpreter
         on Canon Print Engines"

   by: Frank Merritt Braswell
   Published by Systems of Merritt, Inc.
   2551 Old Dobbin Dr. East
   Mobile, AL 36695
   (205) 660-1240

Also, pick up Emerald City's LaserTalk - for the PC, MAC or NeXT!

David Geller
Electric Logic, Inc.
Washington, D.C.