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From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Printing speed
Summary: You are right!
Message-ID: <475d5b67.14a1f@force.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 89 16:47:12 GMT
References: <8912090808.AA21805@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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In article <8912090808.AA21805@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) writes:
> Rich:
> 
> The order of speed for the ST environment is
> 
> 1. GDOS + ST + SLM804
> 2. UltraScript + ST + SLM804
> 3. PostScript + ST + HP LaserJet with PS board via parallel or serial
> 4. bitmapped + ST + HP Laserjet without PS support
> 
> 4. is so far behind the others (that was the 44 minute job I referred to)
> that it is not an option you want to consider.

Greg, I *HATE* to admit that you are correct (because that implies that I was
wrong and I am *NEVER* wrong :-) ) but I ran some more tests and the bottleneck
in printing speed is definitely the parallel interface. ISD on Genie says that
their file "printer.cdk" takes 34 seconds on an ST/SLM804 combo. The same file
took over 4 minutes on my souped up MegaST4/T16/Fast hard drive/KXP4450 system.
Quite a bit of difference!!

Thank God I don't do much DTP work on my machine. The SLM804 is definitely the
way to go for ST-only DTP work. And with the new PageStream 1.8 you can put together
a great magazine entirely on the ST.

so, while I am still happy to have the KXP4450, for others the ST/SLM804 will
be a better system. Each to their own, that's what makes the ST so great.

Thanks for your comments.


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