cjchiu@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Chung-Jen Chiu) (02/13/91)
Someone on the net asked why there are messages printed on the log file when (s)he downloaded POSTSCRP.INI and then send a WORD file to print. Here are my explanations (I am not from Microsoft :-)) POSTSCRP.INI is a PS file; the first thing it does is to check if itself is already downloaded by checking the value of a variable called msinifile; if it is known and equal to POSTSCRP then it is already downloaded and it aborts, else the variable is defined and the rest of the file downloaded (mostly definitions that can be used in a WORD file). To make the download permant , it must exit the server loop so that the changes are preserverd across print jobs, thus the message 'permant parameters may be changed', since this is also the way to change persistent and semi-persistent parameters (as defined in HP LJ PS cartridge manual) of the PS interpreter. Nothing to worry about. BTW, I learned the 'smart download' technique by looking into this question :-). Regards