01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) (12/08/89)
Rich: The printout on the PC was to an HP LaserJet II via a parallel port. That's why I said that transmission speed was the determining factor. The point I wanted to raise was that unless you are sending ascii characters to a laser printer via a parallel port and using the printer's fonts (soft or hard) that pages per minute is a useless value to quote. Pages of graphics per minute (bitmapped or PostScript/UltraScript) is the topic of speed to discuss. Apparently, Tramiel squashed the idea of putting out a board for the PC that would allow the PC to use the SLM804 because he did not want to support PCs - then again, that makes no sense for a company that markets PC clones. The order of speed for the ST environment is 1. GDOS + ST + SLM804 2. UltraScript + ST + SLM804 3. PostScript + ST + HP LaserJet with PS board via parallel or serial 4. bitmapped + ST + HP Laserjet without PS support 4. is so far behind the others (that was the 44 minute job I referred to) that it is not an option you want to consider.
covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) (12/12/89)
In article <8912090808.AA21805@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) writes: > Rich: > > The order of speed for the ST environment is > > 1. GDOS + ST + SLM804 > 2. UltraScript + ST + SLM804 > 3. PostScript + ST + HP LaserJet with PS board via parallel or serial > 4. bitmapped + ST + HP Laserjet without PS support > > 4. is so far behind the others (that was the 44 minute job I referred to) > that it is not an option you want to consider. Greg, I *HATE* to admit that you are correct (because that implies that I was wrong and I am *NEVER* wrong :-) ) but I ran some more tests and the bottleneck in printing speed is definitely the parallel interface. ISD on Genie says that their file "printer.cdk" takes 34 seconds on an ST/SLM804 combo. The same file took over 4 minutes on my souped up MegaST4/T16/Fast hard drive/KXP4450 system. Quite a bit of difference!! Thank God I don't do much DTP work on my machine. The SLM804 is definitely the way to go for ST-only DTP work. And with the new PageStream 1.8 you can put together a great magazine entirely on the ST. so, while I am still happy to have the KXP4450, for others the ST/SLM804 will be a better system. Each to their own, that's what makes the ST so great. Thanks for your comments. -- Richard E. Covert, Lead Engineer of Software Tools Group AG Communications Systems, Phoenix AZ (602) - 581-4652 TCP/IP: covertr@gtephx UUCP: {ncar!noao!asuvax | uunet!zardoz!hrc | att}!gtephx!covertr
news@blackbird.afit.af.mil (News System Account) (12/13/89)
In article <475d5b67.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes: ... > >Greg, I *HATE* to admit that you are correct (because that implies that I was >wrong and I am *NEVER* wrong :-) ) but I ran some more tests and the bottleneck ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It's like I always say: I may not always be right but I'm never wrong! ... > >-- > Richard E. Covert, Lead Engineer of Software Tools Group > AG Communications Systems, Phoenix AZ (602) - 581-4652 > TCP/IP: covertr@gtephx > UUCP: {ncar!noao!asuvax | uunet!zardoz!hrc | att}!gtephx!covertr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Hodges | Me? People who speak for the Air Force get bhodges@blackbird.afit.af.mil | paid a lot more than I do! I just work here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------