shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) (01/10/91)
I'm a NeXT developer, and think Postscript is the cat's meow, and wouldn't want to have to work with anything else. However, I have a lot of MS-DOS/Windows friends who swear by their HPLJ III's and don't think a Postscript printer has anything over the HPLJ. I'd like to hear some compelling arguments from the Postscript Sherpas as to why a DOS type should buy a Postscript printer as opposed to an HPLJ III (or some other non-postscript printer) I'll summarize any email. Have at it!!!! Shawn Broderick shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (01/10/91)
In article <SHAWN.91Jan9185806@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) writes: >I'd like to hear some compelling arguments from the Postscript Sherpas >as to why a DOS type should buy a Postscript printer as opposed to an >HPLJ III (or some other non-postscript printer) The answer nowadays is that they should not, and do not, have to choose one to the exclusion of the other. They can have both PostScript and advanced HP features. If you already have an HP Laserjet II or III, you can buy an Adobe PostScript cartridge and plug it in. If you are starting from scratch, you can buy an NEC or Texas Instruments PostScript printer with HP emulation also built in. The Laserjet III specifically features resolution enhancement, new graphics commands and scalable fonts, all of which are standard issue in PostScript land. So if your word processor, CAD/CAM package or desktop publishing software has the drivers, you can achieve gorgeous results either way. But PostScript is more standardized as the wide world counts such things... HPLJ3 is relatively new. You can download gorgeous PostScript documents from network libraries all over the world, and print book quality manuals in the comfort and privacy of your own home, if you support PostScript. Don't underestimate what a hoot this is! Send your LJ3 friends a copy of 'smith.ps' just posted here. Tell them to have a nice day :-) -- 1955-1975: 36 Elvis movies. | Tom Neff 1975-1989: nothing. | tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM