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Article #34039Re: DeskJet (a LaserJet in disguise)
From: Chris Borton
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 1988 14:01
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 1988 14:01
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In article <8555@cup.portal.com> Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com writes:
>Well, if Apple would use a newer version of Postscript (I think they do in the
>new series) things would be a lot better. Postscript 44 is supposed to be
>greased lightning compared to Postscript 38 (which was what was in the Laser
>Writer Plus, I think).
Bingo! LaserWriter II series (NT and NX) have PostScript 44. They also have
2M RAM, more than the LW {Plus}. Thus they are speedier. I haven't had a
chance to do any real comparisons here; anyone care to comment?
Also note that later versions of the LaserPrep and LaserWriter driver have
vastly improved performance.
-cbb
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Chris Borton borton%uva@mcvax.{nl,bitnet,uucp}
Rotary Scholar, University of Amsterdam CS
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!uva!borton From: borton@uva.UUCP (Chris Borton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: DeskJet (a LaserJet in disguise) Message-ID: <529@uva.UUCP> Date: 9 Sep 88 14:01:08 GMT References: <25.230BF78B@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG> <167@obie.UUCP> <3725@polya.St <8555@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: borton@uva.UUCP (Chris Borton) Organization: Faculteit Wiskunde & Informatica, Universiteit van Amsterdam Lines: 17