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From: morrison@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Rick Morrison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Printing on the NeXT
Keywords: slow printing
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Date: 10 Nov 89 19:28:54 GMT
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In article <953@abvax.UUCP> jaz@abvax.UUCP (Jack A. Zucker) writes:
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>Since printing to the NeXT laser printer seems to be the biggest bottleneck,
>has anyone used the NeXT with a "smart" postscript printer ?
I can't say that I find printing to the NeXT printer a big bottle neck.
In my opinion a dumb printer is the way to go. The memory that the smart
printers require is much better utilized on the host.
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