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Article #8727Re: Compiled PostScript
From: Tom Baffico
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1990 23:06
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1990 23:06
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In article <17564@rpp386.cactus.org> woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes: >In article <1681@intercon.com>, amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes: >> woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes: >> >> >To my knowledge >> >hardware addition would make a significant impact on through put. >> Well, a hardware FPU will add several hundred dollars to the price. Since >> for most applications (churning out pages of text), the speed is limited >> by the marking engine, it's probably a reasonable compromise. > >Yep, it is more expensive. But consider that approx $1000 of the price of >a postscript (Adobe) printer goes directly to adobe, both through royalties How does Adobe make $1,000 on PostScript royalties when TI is selling their microLaser PostScript upgrade board for $505? (Which includes the usual 35 Adobe PostScript fonts.) As to the benefit of having a FPU, for most controllers the performance increase is actually quite small. Tom Baffico Adobe Systems
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!adobe!baffico From: baffico@adobe.COM (Tom Baffico) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Compiled PostScript Message-ID: <1589@adobe.UUCP> Date: 5 Jan 90 23:06:06 GMT References: <POLLACK.89Dec4133944@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu> <1666@intercon.com> <1681@intercon.com> <17564@rpp386.cactus.org> Reply-To: baffico@adobe.UUCP (Tom Baffico) Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View Lines: 22