merlyn@intelob.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge) (04/14/89)
In article <28837@apple.Apple.COM>, austing@Apple (Glenn L. Austin) writes: | What is required is something to read and interpret the Postscript code and | output what the printing device is capable of understanding. That means | that even old printers could be capable of Postscript, it just would require | CPU time from somewhere, even if it was from your computer. I played with UltraScript yesterday on an Atari Mega ST, which takes very-standard PostScript and interprets it for the Atari SLM804 Laser Printer (a dump-a-whole-buncha-bits-at-it interface -- no internal smarts). I was pleased by the results. The few quick benchmarks I typed in at it placed it about the speed of a standard LaserWriter. Although the familiar fonts (except for Courier) were not there, I understand they can be purchased as a package. I'm told that you can purchase a Mega ST-4, SLM 804, and UltraScript with all the expected fonts for about the same price as a LaserWriter. (~ $3500 or so.) You'd then have a printer that doubles as a workstation (and runs FlightSimulator at real-time speeds, and for $200 more runs Mac software faster than a Mac, and for $150 more runs IBM PC s/w off the shelf, etc, etc :-). Note: I am not connected with Atari except as a happy owner of one of the first STs off the line. My brother, on the other hand, sells 'em. -- /=====Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095========\ { on contract to BiiN (for now :-) Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. } {<@intel-iwarp.arpa:merlyn@intelob.intel.com> ...!uunet!tektronix!biin!merlyn } \=====Cute quote: "Welcome to Oregon... home of the California Raisins!"======/