Re: pdf view print qlty -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: pdf view print qlty
From: James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 01:36:38 -0600 (MDT)
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Jim Franz wrote:

> > If you are trying to print a PDF to a printer, the printer has to be a
> > Postscript printer.
> I'm not understanding this. Using Adobe Reader I print PDF all day long
> on non-postscript printers.

PDF is derived from PostScript (may even be a subset - I'm a little rusty
now).  So I believe that newer Postscript printers can print PDFs directly
without requiring software like Acrobat Reader.

James Rich

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