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Article #756Re: PostScript Printers
From: phil
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1987 17:08
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1987 17:08
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>Patrick Baur > We are searching for laser printers with PostScript which can also > emulate other printers, eg. HP's DDL. Ummmm, that's Imagen's DDL. Perhaps you are thinking about HP's laserjet language. Although HP was the first to say "we will market a printer that supports DDL"......Is such a printer out yet? I wasn't even aware that the DDL standard had been published yet. DDL is supposed to be the successor to PostScript---more powerful and versatile. This would make a DDL emulation in PostScript hard, I would think. The real tragedy here is that, even if DDL is better, no one will ever find out because the computing world has gotten so hooked on PostScript (for better or worse). It's the "BASIC" syndrome all over again. William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University <phil@Rice.edu>
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