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- Subject: Re: PM print dialogs
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- From: gershon@husc11.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon)
- Date: 23 Jan 93 21:46:38 GMT
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- sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
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- >In article <gershon.727579561@husc.harvard.edu> gershon@husc11.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon) writes:
- >>What kind of dialog does PM give you when you try to print? I have
-
- >>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...)
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- >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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- >--
- >Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, available from
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- The mac does not have this feature, and I agree that it is a good
- idea. As I said, the WPS is often more intelligent than the mac, but
- the compare the Mac's Control Panel with WPS' system setup folder and
- you'll see why I think the details are handled so much better on the Mac
- (note also that mac has had 7 versions and almost 10 years to work on this...)
-
- --Ethan Gershon
- gershon@husc.harvard.edu
-