deke@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu (05/06/89)
Hello,
I'm still hunting for the best way to get color hardcopy. Here in
the Elec Eng department of the Univ of Rochester, we generate IC
and printed circuit layouts using CAD tools and want to get hardcopy
output. We have some plotters, and we've seen various color thermals
and ink jets from Seiko and Tektronix and Howtek. But I still want
a color "Postscript" solution. QMS has the Colorscript 100 but its
very expensive.. I'd like to spend less than $10,000.
Lately I've been seeing various hardcopy companies talking about software
from CAI. Apparently this company has a "Postscript" interpreter (note
the lower case "s" in "script"), and filters to generate the native
graphics language for various devices.
Here are my questions:
* Who is CAI? Where are they located? Do any of you have a phone number
at which I can reach these folks?
* Have any of you used their "Postscript" interpreter? Does it claim to
conform to any particular set of color extensions or standards?
* On what computers will their software run? The ads make it sound like
IBM PCs and compatibles or Mac IIs, but ideally I'd like the software
for a SUN or a VAX, or even a NeXT I guess.
I guess if someone could answer my first question, I could call CAI and
get the answers to the rest, but I'd very much like to hear from anyone
else that knows anything about CAI.
Thanks in advance,
^Deke Kassabian, deke@ee.rochester.edu or ur-valhalla!deke
Univ of Rochester, Dept of EE, Rochester, NY 14627 (+1 716-275-3106)