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nevin@dtint.dtint.com writes:

>I am running NeXTSTEP 3.0 Beta here at work.  We have a large number  
>Macintosh's also on the net, as well as a number of printers that are  
>being used by the Macintosh's.  All of those printers are directly  
>accessable to me via the net with NeXTSTEP 3.0.  So, as a test....

>I printed a fairly complex postscript image to: (1) a LaserWriter Plus,  
>(2) a LaserWriter IINTX, (3) a Varityper VT-600 (true 600 DPI--not some  
>LED-pulse simulation on a 300 DPI engine), and (4) the NeXT Laser.

>The result: the NeXT laser output quality stomped everybody but the  
>Varityper.  Interestingly enough, some people thought the NeXT output  
>looked as good or better than the Varityper.

>Oh, and the performance results: the NeXT laser printer stomped everybody.

>So, anybody that says ANY of the Apple laser printers are comparable to  
>the NeXT just doesn't know what their talking about in my opinion.

You're right. You don't know what you're talking about.
As  mentioned in the previous article, the IIf and IIg don't simulate
600dpi. That's incorrect. They sharpen the text and simulate 67 levels 
of gray (quite nicely.. MUCH better then PostScript alone). The quality
on a IIg (images and text) is much better then what I get out of my 400dpi
NeXT printer.. And these are networkable/workgroup printers. It's totally
outrageous to use an LW Plus AND even a IINTX, because these are old
(discontinued) printers with older engines, older controllers.. Older
everything. 
I have actually printed full-page images(which look better then from the
NeXT printer) on a IIg on Ethernet (and an Ethernet Mac) and have it pop out
of the IIg before it comes out of a 16MB NeXT.. Of course, printing to
the IIg (ANYONE printing to the IIg) doesn't slow anyone down at all, like
it would when printed to a NeXTprinter.

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