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Started by Fairfax_Hutter
Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:27
HP or Xerox--Best Black and White Laser Printers for outputting complex (transparency, gradients, et
Author: Fairfax_Hutter
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:27
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:27
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I posted this yesterday in the Creative Suites forum not knowing there was a Postscript forum! Any experiences with HP's Postscript Level 3 Emulation for complex Postcript RIPs???? Is Xerox's true Postscript Level 3 printing safer??????? Hi, Our office is getting two new replacement Black and White (NOT color) network laser printers to replace our aging Apple LaserWriters. Will be using to print black and white laser separations of book covers created in Mac OSX using InDesign CS, Illustrator CS, Photoshop CS, Acrobat 6 Pro and Quark 6 (as well as OS 9 apps). HP uses Postscript Level 3 emulation. This worries me. Xerox Phasers use true Postscript Level 3. Any opinions on which is a better brand when outputting complex Postscript Level 3RIPS??? Company policy is to use HP. Budget is roughly $2,000. Will be maxing out on RAM to print quickly. Volume not so important and documents short. Thanks, Fairfax
Re: HP or Xerox--Best Black and White Laser Printers for outputting complex (transparency, gradients, et
Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:50
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:50
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For what it is worth, problems with Hewlett-Packard's emulation of PostScript not properly implementing the PostScript Language Specification are one of the biggest source of problems for users of Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign in terms of feedback we get from customers here at Adobe. Some of the bugs can be fixed via firmware updates from Hewlett-Packard assuming to are exceptionally persistent with their technical support folks (typically you need to talk with second or third level tech support managers who understand what the problem is and/or are authorized to provide new, updated firmware to you). Users of the Xerox printers with Adobe PostScript just don't have those problems. - Dov
Re: HP or Xerox--Best Black and White Laser Printers for outputting complex (transparency, gradients, et
Author: Helge_Blischke
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:10
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:10
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If you have a choice, I'd propose to use printers that have an Adobe licensed RIP. But in any case try to get the PostScript supplement for the respective printer. It is provided by Adobe for every license of an Adobe RIP and tells the user the device/vendor-specific extensions and omissions - especially concerninf things like document finishing, imposition etc., which are not covered in detail by the language spec.
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