Re: gs vs. gs-aladdin
On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 18:54:10 -0700, Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> wrote:
> Do you use gs or gs-aladdin? Why?
>
> The only thing I know is that gs has the advantage in that it is in
> main instead of non-free. Since I'm not shipping product, this is
> not necessarily a deal-breaker. What I don't know is:
>
> Which one is "better?" More up to date?
My basic understanding is that gs-alladin gets relicensed as GNU gs
after 1 year (or if a new version comes out). So, generally gs-alladin
should be more up to date.
> Which one will do double-sided printing on my HP OfficeJet G85xi?
Not sure that is matters for this need. This is probably more a
function of the print filters and whatever program you use to
generate the document.
> The answer to the last question is the most important. If the answer
> to this question is "neither", is there a Debian package out there
> that does? Thanks.
Don't have a printer that'll do double sided printing, so... ?
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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