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spexet@ux.acs.umn.edu (D. Robert Spexet II) writes:
>No, I don't believe that I am wrong.  Reread the question--it doesn't refer
>to transferring the Mac Postscript output to the cube, it refers to a the
>possibility of a direct connection of the NeXT laser printer to a Mac, so
>that the Mac can print on the NeXT laser printer, *without having to go
>through the cube*. (<--very important distinction.)

Yes this is quite correct THERE IS NO POSTSCRIPT ENGINE IN THE PRINTER!
Why should there be one works well for me.

>Now, I understand that if you are using lpr to print anything, that the
>cube's Display Postscript interpreter takes care of the image processing,
(npd and associated filters)
>and bit-blasts the output to the printer.  This is a very important dis-
>tinction, as the Apple LaserWriter has a built-in Postscript interpreter,
>and doesn't need to have a computer to do the imaging for it.

This does bring up and interesting point has anybody tried to use 
the cap software that would allow the mac to spool its jobs to the
the cube (like any other printer on the the appletalk network). 
I think there is the software already written to do this? I don't
remember I will have to check on this when I have some time.


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