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From: james968@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James Hammett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Need Info. on PostScript LaserWriters
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Date: 29 Dec 90 00:47:58 GMT
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The Personal LaserWriter NT IS a PostScript printer! 
The Personal LaserWriter SC is a quickdraw printer.  

QuickDraw is NOT a PostScript clone, QuickDraw is what the Mac uses to create 
its screen images. It doesn't support anything as complecated as PS. Right now
there are several printers on the market that use QuickDraw. These printers have
limitations.  You can't rotate or scale fonts as in PS.  Fewer fonts are usually
available for these printers.  (If you use a 300 dpi QuickDraw printer you need
very large font sizes or something like ATM, to get good fonts)

I'm sorry, but I've seen the message about the NT a few times already,
and I felt that someone really needed to comment on it. 


				james968@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu