ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) (11/16/90)
Postscript is a PDL == Page Description Language.
When a printer understands postscript, software can talk
"advanced" and "elegant" postscript instead of having to
talk grubby dots and pixels.
Adobe invented Postscript (kinda) and have endowed it with
splendid abilities to do scalable fonts.
Adobe-Official-Postscript comes with gorgeous fonts.
If you're using a PC, then odds are you don't really care about
postscript, because all the poor suckers writing applications
have gone through all hell writing drivers for the
simpler+cheaper HP Laserjet. Buy a IIP or a III and you're
sailing fine. If, however, you have dreams of writing your own
programs OR you're a Mac user OR you're a Unix user, then
Postscript is more-or-less essential.
A good inbetween solution is to endow a IIP with a Postscript
Cartridge. Adobe, HP and Pacific Data Systems all make 'em.
There are nontrivial differences between all the three, make sure
you have good reasons for picking one. As far as I know, for
smallscale use, the IIP with a ps cartridge is as cheap as you
can get. The price tag is speed; to most people it doesn't
matter.
Hope this answers your question.
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The more things change, the more they stay insane.
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