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From: lane@cs.dal.ca (John Wright/Dr. Pat Lane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Postscript boards vs. Postscript printers
Message-ID: <1989Jul24.100811.21900@cs.dal.ca>
Date: 24 Jul 89 10:08:11 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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I've seen some postings about various boards that allow an HP Laserjet+
or compatible to be used as a Postscript printer - but I'm sure I've 
missed many others on this topic so if this has been hacked to death
recently perhaps someone could send me a summary.

I'd like to know how these products compare with using a real Postscript
printer - esp. on cost, speed, print quality.  I've read a few mag articles
that recommended these boards as being a good idea but someone told me that
they do not give very good print quality (eq. jagged curves).  Any comments
and/or recommendations for specific products?

Is there anything that allows Postscript printing on a dot-matrix printer?
How about on a non-HP compatible laser printer?

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