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Subject:Re: Transferring postscript files From:Mike Pope <mikep -at- ASYMETRIX -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 24 Jun 1994 10:42:00 PDT
>I frequently send postscript files over a network using ftp, and
occasionally
>forget to send them binary (ASCII transfer inserts tabs and carriage
returns
>that ruin your postscript file).
Dumb question: I thought one of the advantages of PS was precisely that it
was just a string of ASCII characters. So why would a body need to send it
binary?
