MC>  BW=>      Here's an item I think WordPerfect fails in - tho
MC>  BW=> it's probably because I don't understand why it does
MC>  BW=> it.  Suppose I enter a large document, with tables and
MC>  BW=> graphics, color, stuff that is going to make printing
MC>  BW=> slow at best.  Then I want a dozen copies.  First it
MC> At least in ver 5.1, you can select multiple copies by
MC> either the program, or the printer. If you select "printer"
MC> to generate multiple copies, then the printer is
MC> reprogrammed, and only one copy is sent.
     That's available in WordPerfect dos 6.1 also.  But
it requires that your printer be able to generate the
multiple copies.  Actually, I have an elderly Heath
printer buffer that will hold up to 318 K and can make
up to 99 copies.  Undocumented: while printing, you can
run the copies number back up when it gets low.  I use
this buffer's abilities all the time for multi-copy
small print jobs, like printing postcards - like 2000
at a time.
     The rub is: it's exactly the large graphics files,
which take so long for WordPerfect to handle, that
won't fit in the buffer.  I would suspect the same
problem would exist with a printer which can do the
multi-copies.
     I do see listed in a catalog a buffer holding 4
Megs.  I'm not interested in spending $226.95 for it.
I'm saving my money to buy a faster computer.  The old
dot matrix printer had the computer waiting for it - my
new HP DeskJet 680C sits waiting for the computer!
  FIDO: Bill White @ 1:135/110 (Miami)
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