gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (05/31/90)
Hi, What do you think about the possiblility of using a NeXT laser printer with IBM RS/6000 when the NeXTStep interface is available for RS/6000 as promised by IBM? This means the RS/6000 should have the PostScript interpreter in its system software. Do you think this picture correct? Hugh
smb@datran2.uunet (Steven M. Boker) (06/01/90)
In article <74000001@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > What do you think about the possiblility of using a NeXT laser printer > with IBM RS/6000 when the NeXTStep interface is available for RS/6000 > as promised by IBM? This means the RS/6000 should have the PostScript > interpreter in its system software. Do you think this picture correct? > The NeXT printer is a dumb engine that communicates with the NeXT Cube via a proprietary interface. The RS6000 would need to have an interface card that supported the NeXT protocols, which to my understanding are simply a high speed interface similar to that used by LaserMaster to communicate with a dumb Canon engine. IMHO there are better solutions. Having the processing engine on the printer saves the CPU the blitting chores that otherwise consume considerable resource. A NeXT can't outrun a snail while it is printing. Offload that tedium and keep your GUI snappy, I say. Steve. -- #====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====# # Steve Boker # Black holes are how God divides by zero. # # smb@datran2.uunet.uu.net # ....I have my own methods. # #====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#
erik@tvcent.uucp (Eirk Peterson) (06/02/90)
In article <74000001@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >Hi, > >What do you think about the possiblility of using a NeXT laser printer >with IBM RS/6000 when the NeXTStep interface is available for RS/6000 >as promised by IBM? This means the RS/6000 should have the PostScript >interpreter in its system software. Do you think this picture correct? > > Hugh I know that the AIXwindows and the NeXTStep environments include display postscript. I don't know if is will support postscript printing on non- postscript printers. Erik Petersen Canadian Vertical Systems