Re: PostScript Printers

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1 total messages Started by phil Wed, 25 Mar 1987 17:08

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Author: phil
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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