Speeding up a laser printer

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From: David T. Croley
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1989 18:49

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I was wondering if anyone could tell me what takes up most of
a laser printer's time when it is laying out a page described
by PostScript.  I know that the fonts are built with splines
so I was wondering if most of the time is spent making
matrix calculations.  I also know that matrices are used
for scaling, rotation, and transformations.  I thought that
perhaps some sort of matrix-processor could be made to
speed up laser printing. Just an idea...

David T. Croley
croley@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu

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