Anne Wilson wrote:
On Wednesday 28 June 2006 21:08, Thomas Canniot wrote:
>I'm translating system-config-printer and I think that some strings can
>be improved.
>
>For example, I had a lot of difficulties to translate the strings
>"Banner", "Starting Banner" and "Ending Banner". In
fact, it seems that
>banner is not properly used here according to my Collins Cobuild
>Dictionnary.
>
>However, I don't have an alternative to suggest.
>
>
>
'Banner' is the name that has been used for many years to describe the pages
printed before and after a print job in a multi-user environment. I think it
is about 20 years since I first heard it used in that way.
Anne
Yes I agree with your description of Banner. As far as I remember this
was a throughback to the days of massive line flow print jobs where
banner pages identified information about the print job that followed -
this could amount to many hundreds or even thousands of pages. This was
relevant when one printer was hsared between many users but I dont ever
recall having found a use for it on A4 print jobs so maybe it could now
be deleted????
Ah the memories come flooding back!!!
D