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From: kono@csl.sony.co.jp (Shinji Kono)
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Subject: Re: Can You Use NeXT Laser Printer On A PC?
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Date: 30 Jul 90 10:22:32 GMT
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In article <1990Jul28.230052.14989@acc.stolaf.edu>  , hannum@handel.psu.edu (Charles Hannum)writes 
> Not bloody likely, unless you have a PostScript *interpreter* on your PC.
> The NeXT Laser Printer is stupid.  All the PostScript in handled by the
> windowserver and bit-blasted to the printer.

Ya, Printer itself is stupid, but sure, you have NeXT. Why not use
network and lpd? Only you have to write tiny PostScritpt generator.
IBM-PC is too sutpid to run PostScript interpreter, but NeXT is not.
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Shinji Kono 
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