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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: PM print dialogs
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.224056.7596@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Keywords: printing PM
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <gershon.727579561@husc.harvard.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:40:56 GMT
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- In article <gershon.727579561@husc.harvard.edu> gershon@husc11.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon) writes:
- >Excuse my ignorance, but I am awaiting my first PM app in the mail (1-2-3
- >for OS/2 16-bit version)...
- >What kind of dialog does PM give you when you try to print? I have
- >tried prining from some of the applets and help, and I get a dialog
- >asking which printer I would like to print from with print/cancel/
- >help buttons. Is this all? The Mac print dialog gives you options
- >of print quality, page orientation, etc. I know that this can be
- >adjusted on the printer object settings, but wouldn't it be a good
- >idea to offer some way to quickly change from the defaults on a per-job
- >basis?
- >Also, I only have one printer object, why does it ask me which printer?
- >By the way... the dialog for the Mac has this great option "odd pages/
- >even pages only" for printing on both sides: first you print the odd
- >pages, then feed the output pages back into the printer and print the
- >even pages on the other side.
- >(In general I like the WPS and I think it is more intelligent and treats
- >the user more intelligently than the Mac interface, but often I think
- >IBM could learn alot by studying the details on the mac...)
-
- I agree, but bear in mind that a lot of what you are talking about
- depends on good application design. Apple has been very successful in
- getting developers to stick to its design considerations -- Macintosh
- applications tend to be very consistent.
-
- I think PM Word, for example, has a more intelligent design here.
-
- I agree with you on the even page/odd page handling -- that would be a
- nice feature. However, I would like to point out that OS/2's printer
- objects are deceptively simple in design, but they are remarkably
- powerful. For example, there are timed printing features -- if you
- want to print something in the middle of the night, you can schedule
- it. I don't believe the Macintosh has this feature.
-
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