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This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.

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Smaller Point Sizes Message #6455
From: Dick tenEyck-BCS Adobe · PostScript October 31, 1988 10:44 AM
Here's a routine which may help: /currentchar ( ) def /charkern 1 72 mul 300 div def /spacekern 1 72 mul 300 div def /pixel {72 mul 300 div} def /tinyprint { {currentchar exch 0 exch put currentpoint dtransform exch ceiling exch idtransform moveto currentchar show currentchar ( ) eq…
#3475 PostScript Niceties Message #3505
From: Dick tenEyck-BCS Adobe Forum · PostScript April 20, 1988 7:05 PM
Mark, Thanks for the info. I'm not sure that the control-C approach works. My experience has been that the control-C is acknowledged by the postscript printer only after the printer finishes its current task. You seem to know more about it than me, however. Is there some sort of interrupt…
PS Abort/New Char Message #3466
From: Dick tenEyck-BCS Adobe Forum · PostScript April 19, 1988 11:04 AM
Any thoughts on my request of a week or so back on how to abort a 'busy' laserwriter using PostScript and on how to replace the character description for just one character in a PS font? Just checking…
#71868 #FCC Access charge Message #71973
From: Dick tenEyck-BCS Forum unknown · Hot News & Rumors June 13, 1987 10:04 PM
As Telecommunications Director for the Boston Computer Society, I've been asked by the BCS to respond to inquiries from Sen. John Kerry's and Rep. Ed Markey's offices on the dimensions and implications of the FCC's proposed order. I would appreciate your collective feedback (for or against) to help us develop…
#71868 #FCC Access charge Message #71973
From: Dick tenEyck-BCS Forum unknown · Hot News & Rumors June 13, 1987 10:04 PM
As Telecommunications Director for the Boston Computer Society, I've been asked by the BCS to respond to inquiries from Sen. John Kerry's and Rep. Ed Markey's offices on the dimensions and implications of the FCC's proposed order. I would appreciate your collective feedback (for or against) to help us develop…