So....
    Are these the same folks who designed the elevators in Douglas Adams'
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series?  As I recall, you would never
have to wait for an elevator because the "knew" when you wanted them and
would be waiting to  meet you.  I like it, but I wouldn't want to take
support calls on it...."I hate temporal physics" - Miles O'Brien
 
Rat
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>From: Rudderow, Evan
>To: Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
>Subject: PCL on an impact printer
>Date: Thursday, October 12, 1995 12:58
>
>Bruce Toback <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>>HP's midrange printers do NOT require that the form and data be sent for
>each
>>page. (Well, the data has to be sent for each page -- though PCL 6 will
>include a
>> feature called Text Prediction, requiring that only part of the data to
be
>sent.
>>The printer will figure out what the rest of the data should be.)
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Does this mean that I'll never have to worry about, say, reports being out
>of balance?  That the *printer itself* will make sure the totals crossfoot?
>
>Please, please, please say, "Yes".
>
> -- Evan
>