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Article #17099Re: cheap non PS and pseudo PS LWs. A LW-?
From: Zigurd R. Mednieks
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1987 00:34
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1987 00:34
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In article <1793@mhuxt.UUCP> evans@mhuxt.UUCP (Sukie Crandall) writes: > >Brian Diehm writes: >>Rumors continue unabated in the press about Apple bringing out a low-cost >LaserWriter without PostScript. Target price appears to be <$2000. It would >have a built-in QuickDraw RIP. >...< >I agree that a LW- without postscript would be a loose. One thing that may I don't agree that not having Postscript would make a losing laserwriter. It would take too long to spell it out, but it looks as though there are very few things that a QuickDraw printer couldn't do. You couldn't program it like a LaserWriter, but you could print text at the same qality as the current LaserWriter, and you could print graphics (at least Quickdraw-originated graphics) with the same quality too. Anything that could not be done through abstractions in the printer driver could be handled through driver control calls. In addition, such a printer wouln't need neccessarily need a separate processor -- the Macintosh itself could create and tranfer bits fast enough. $2000? Where do I sign? -Zigurd
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!zrm From: zrm@eddie.MIT.EDU (Zigurd R. Mednieks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: cheap non PS and pseudo PS LWs. A LW-? Message-ID: <6224@eddie.MIT.EDU> Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 20:34:45 EDT Article-I.D.: eddie.6224 Posted: Mon Jun 29 20:34:45 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 1-Jul-87 02:28:44 EDT References: <1793@mhuxt.UUCP> Reply-To: zrm@eddie.MIT.EDU (Zigurd R. Mednieks) Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA Lines: 27 Keywords: Postscript, clone