C H A P T E R 2
LaserWriter Select 310 Software
5.Data read by read and readstring undergoes no EOL translation. Whatever characters were received from the channel are read by the PostScript interpreter. However, the channel itself may be performing some EOL translation. For example, the serial and parallel channels on the LaserWriter Select 310 printer may affect the input data, as described in Table
6.Data written by write and writestring undergoes no EOL translation. Whatever characters were provided by the PostScript interpreter are sent to the channel. The newline character, represented by \n in a PostScript language string object, is sent as LF.
New Operators
The following operators have been added to support LaserWriter Select 310 printer functions. These operators are described in an earlier section of this chapter, “Setting Extensions to PostScript Level 1.”
■currentcacheparams
■currentpacking
■packed array
■setcacheparams
■setpacking
TrueType Fonts
The LaserWriter Select 310 printer is a Class C device, and does not support the TrueType format. However, the printer does follow the Adobe Systems, Incorporated, Type 1 font format specification, which is described in “Adobe Type 1 Font Format,” published by
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