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Regarding the Pacific Page PostScript cartridge for HP LaserJet printers:

Since there have been a couple posting questing for information, and
I've been curious myself, the following article caught my eye, and I
thought the information within might be of general interest.

[The following is from PCWeek, October 23, 1989, pp.9]

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/                             The Corprate Micro                          \
        Different Plug-in Options for Different PostScript Users
                             by Jim Seymore
...

  I mentioned a month ago that I'd been working with Pacific Data's new
  $695 PacificPage plug-in PostScript emulator. And I promised a full
  report.

...

  The PostScript emulation is crisp and accurate; it comes from Phoenix,
  which became famous for the first reliable IBM PC BIOS-emulation
  chips, around which many of the best PC clones have been built.

  The only serious shortcoming of the PacificPage catridge is that it's
  s-l-o-w. In many tests I've run, it's about four times slower then an
  Apple LaserWriter NT - the usual speed benchmark for PostScript
  printers. In other tests it's been 50 times slower.

  The difference? It depends on how complicated your pages are.

  For simple business correspondence, using one of the built-in
  Adobe-compatible fonts, the LaserJet/PacificPage combination is
  usually three to six times slower than a LaserWriter.

  But with complicated PageMaker output, count on 15 to 20 minutes for
  that first page - [ouch! - RBH] and sometimes even longer.

...

  Finally, HP will introduce its own PostScript cartridge soon, but it
  works only with LaserJet IIDs and later models.

  My suggestion: If your need for PostScript is real but infrequent,
  give PacificPage a try.

...


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-Robert
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