logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan) (11/07/90)
Anyone know of a reasonable cost Sun (unix) based PostScript to Imagen 2308 laser printer convertor/emulator? Thanks, -- - John Logajan @ Network Systems; 7600 Boone Ave; Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 - logajan@ns.network.com, 612-424-4888, Fax 612-424-2853
brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (11/15/90)
In article <1990Nov6.221604.5594@ns.network.com> logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan) writes:
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<Anyone know of a reasonable cost Sun (unix) based PostScript to
<Imagen 2308 laser printer convertor/emulator?
PostScript is PostScript. There isn't a Sun based Unix PostScript. So,
what you are really asking for is for a PostScript to Imagen 2308 conversion
program.
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rutgers/ decvax!nicmad/ INET:<@spool.cs.wisc.edu,@astroatc:brown@vidiot>rberlin@birdland.sun.com (Rich Berlin) (11/16/90)
brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes
> PostScript is PostScript. There isn't a Sun based Unix PostScript.
Ouch--that hurts. (Maybe I should go tell our marketing group they
didn't make enough noise.) Oh, well, here goes:
Sun recently announced a product called NeWSprint; it's a PostScript
rip that runs on a Sun (SPARC) host. Out-of-the-box, it supports HPII
series printers, SEIKO 5504/5514 color thermal wax printers, and the
SPARCprinter (a 300/400 dpi, 12ppm b&w laser printer). It was
designed with the idea of making it easy to interface to a variety of
different printers (essentially, any printer that accepts bitmap data
as input). NeWSprint comes with a developer's kit, and source code
for driving the printers I mentioned above is included with the
product, to make the job of interfacing to your printer easier.
I've already suggested it to John as a possible solution to his
problem. And now I'm going to shut up, because I feel like I've
overstepped my bounds. (I'm a software engineer, not a marketing
type, and this is a technical newsgroup....) Apologies to anyone who
might have been offended.
-- Rich