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From: eric@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Eric Fielding)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Faster LaserWriters?
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Date: 25 Oct 89 20:38:48 GMT
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We have a (still running fine) Apple LaserWriter (original model) connected
to our VAXcluster.  We are finding that it is simply too slow in rendering
complicated or large PostScript files.  For instance, one program generates
files that are about 13 MB each that take about 4-5 hours to print on the
LaserWriter.  Would it help for us to buy a new LaserWriter II?  Is the
II/NT significantly faster at processing or is the 9600 baud connection the
main bottle-neck.  Last time I was paying attention (over a year ago) the
laser printers that connect directly to an Ethernet were much more expensive
(we probably could not find more than several thousand or so).  

Oh, and a related question.  There is a Linotronic printer somewhere here 
on campus.  Would it be capable of rendering large quantities of PostScript 
efficiently if we want a publication-quality version?

				++Eric Fielding
eric@geology.tn.cornell.edu