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Article #3748Re: impress, postscript printers
From: Trevor Darrell
Date: Thu, 14 May 1987 18:53
Date: Thu, 14 May 1987 18:53
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In article <1579@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes: >> So back to the original question, when are postscript printers >> that sit on the ethernet coming out? >> >When PostScript runs fast enough to justify a faster input. > >Seriously, an Apple LaserWriter will bog down enough at 9600 baud to >make higher speed inputs seem hard to justify. The LaserWriter Plus >is faster, but even then, the limiting factor is frequently how fast >PostScript can process the input. > Maybe for *your* applications, but for us 9600 baud is the limiting factor much of the time. You should not be so presumptous about the nature of the data being sent: try sending a 512 x 512 x 8 bit image at 9600 baud! TeX ouput that uses DVI bitmaps rather than the built in PostScript fonts is also frequently transmission-bound rather than compute bound. Trevor Darrell trevor@linc.cis.upenn.edu
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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!super.upenn.edu!linc.cis.upenn.edu!trevor From: trevor@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Trevor Darrell) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: impress, postscript printers Message-ID: <1189@super.upenn.edu.upenn.edu> Date: Thu, 14-May-87 14:53:54 EDT Article-I.D.: super.1189 Posted: Thu May 14 14:53:54 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 11:04:36 EDT References: <6310@hi.UUCP> <1579@kontron.UUCP> Sender: root@super.upenn.edu.upenn.edu Reply-To: trevor@linc.cis.upenn.edu.UUCP (Trevor Darrell) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 21