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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Lee Forrest wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 05:22:28PM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
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> > > > > I'm wondering whether it is necessary to convert to PDF. Don't all printers
> > > > > accept PS? (they do down at Kinko's). PS is plain text.
> > >
> > > I'm still wondering that.
> >
> > Cheaper printers do not print ps, which is why gs was invented.
>
> Are you sure? PS predates PDF by quite a bit (doesn't it?). Do
> you mean _modern_ cheap printers?

I don't have any modern printers, mine are all DOS-capable and work with 
linux without CUPS.  They are parallel-port too.

> [delete]
>
> >  Kinko's uses expensive new printers.
>
> I am suspecting that their computers just convert PS to PDf and then
> print it.

I don't know of any printers that print PDF directly.  Postscript printers 
print ps directly, and probably you need software to convert the pdf 
before printing.

> Lee

Sindi