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From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: PostScript vs TrueType?
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Date: 3 Sep 90 16:39:48 GMT
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In article <1990Aug31.194241.27316@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:
>In article <9995@goofy.Apple.COM> chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) writes:
>>I believe that; I was referring to the Macintosh drivers.  PostScript 
>>definitely does its job of being independent well; it seems to be the 
>>QuickDraw to PostScript conversion that can be problematic.
>
>Yes, because Apple insists on putting hardware dependencies, including
>68000 programs in hex, in its LaserPrep.  (Does anyone else feel a sense
>of deja vu in this thread?)  To have such built into TrueType (if it is)
>would pose a big problem for everyone with non-Apple printers.  Perhaps
>that is exactly what Apple has in mind.
>
>Like I said before, I'm ordering Adobe's Mac PostScript printer driver
>as soon as they release it.  I suggest anyone with non-Apple printers
>and Macintoshes do the same.
>--
>Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
>Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu  UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner


  Actually, I think that Mr. Snively is wrong on this one.  One of the big
features of the System 7 PostScript driver which was pushed real hard is
that the postscript output is:

  a) Device independent.  (They even are going so far as changing the icon
so that it no longer resembles an Apple laser printer)

  b)  Self-contained.  (I.E.  No LaserPrep)

  c)  Can be sent to a file in a supported, consistent manner for downloading
      or fiddling.

  It is inconceivable that given the particular design requirements the
PostScript driver people have set for themselves that they'd be downloading
M68000 code to the printer.

-- Mark Wilkins
   wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu