laser-lovers@uw-beaver (06/26/85)
From: Chris Torek <chris@maryland> True font hackers should note that Interpress has no real provision for downloaded fonts. (You can do it, but at least on Xerox 2700s, ``you don't want to.'') Chris
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (06/27/85)
From: Mark Weiser <mark@tove>
About the ditroff to interpress converter mentioned in the Xerox
interpress announcement ("19 companies..."), we have had it here at
Maryland for several months. We can talk directly from our vaxes to a
vanilla Xerox 2700 printserver on the ethernet for printouts and
ditroff output, using Maryland's and Cornell's version of XNS on top of
4.2bsd Unix. All works fine.
-marklaser-lovers@uw-beaver (06/29/85)
From: Paul Gloger <Gloger.es@Xerox.arpa> Contrary to assertions made in a recent message in this forum, the Interpress language has full, precisely specified provisions for down-loading fonts. In particular, see section 4.9.1, "Fonts," of the Interpress language standard. A font is there defined as a data structure which can be fully described and transmitted as part of an Interpress master (i.e. as part of a document in Interpress form). It is true that no currently available Xerox printer product supports this feature of the Interpress language. But this is a discussion about the Interpress language, not about particular implementations. The same message stated that "You can do it [download fonts using Interpress], but at least on Xerox 2700s, 'you don't want to.'" On the 2700 you cannot do it using Interpress: The 2700 is not an Interpress printer.
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (07/01/85)
From: Brian Reid <reid@Glacier> "It is true that no currently available Xerox printer product supports this feature of the Interpress language. But this is a discussion about the Interpress language, not about particular implementations." For some reason this sentence reminds me of the apocryphal discussion between a gas station owner and a would-be customer: Customer: "I see that your gasoline is $1.00 a gallon." Owner: "Yup." Customer: "Fred's gas, down the street, sells gas for 80 cents a gallon." Owner: "Well, why don't you go buy gas from Fred?" Customer: "Fred is sold out." Owner: "Ah. Well, we sell for 75 cents a gallon when we're sold out."