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- From: /G=Owen/S=Smith/O=SJ-Research/ADMD=INTERSPAN/C=GB/@mhs-relay.ac.uk
- Subject: Re: EPS files
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:46:22 GMT
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- ddevorchik@acorn.co.uk (David De Vorchik) writes:
-
- >Owen you are wrong...
-
- >The PostScript printer drivers will only generate EPS output *IF* the
- >application has requested it via PDriver_SelectIllustration.
-
- >As the printer driver has no knowledge of the number of output pages at the
- >start of job it is impossible for it to work out that it is a single page
- >job.
-
- True, I was wrong. However !Draw always does this, so you can get EPS files
- directly out of some RISC OS applications which is what the discussion was
- about. Thanks for the correction...
-
- >I would have thought you would have known this, given your vast knowledge of
- >the RISC OS printer driver system....
-
- ... and next time keep the sarcasm to yourself. We're all entitled to a
- mistake from time to time, particularly when trying to be helpful in my
- spare time about a topic which has nothing to do with my current job.
-
- Owen.
-