Subject: Re: S
To: Mark P. Gooderum <mark@nirvana.good.com>
From: Dave Burgess <burgess@s069.infonet.net>
List: current-users
Date: 11/03/1994 17:01:39
>
> According to mycroft@gnu.ai.mit.edu:
> >
> > Could you explain to me why having the printer reset for each job is a
> > bad idea, or causes you problems? It seems to me that *not* having it
> > reset, and leaving around state from the previous print job, would be a
> > very bad idea in a multi-user environment.
>
[Stuff about Reset/Page Eject deleted...]
>
> Not very friendly in a multi-user environment. All the HP Desk/LaserJet's
> I know of do this, as do at least some of the Cannon Bubble Jet's and
> a few more. Many dot matrix printers are worse, they dump the buffer
> and reset TOF to where ever the page is.
>
BINGO. That's me!