Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!jarthur!linus.claremont.edu!dhosek From: dhosek@linus.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: "Compatibility" (was Re: Why Postscript?) Message-ID: <1991Jan12.223851.1@linus.claremont.edu> Date: 13 Jan 91 06:38:51 GMT References: <89493019@bfmny0.BFM.COM> Sender: news@jarthur.Claremont.EDU Distribution: comp.lang.postscript Organization: Harvey Mudd College Lines: 22 In article <89493019@bfmny0.BFM.COM>, tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes: > If you are starting from scratch, you can buy an NEC or Texas > Instruments PostScript printer with HP emulation also built in. Be wary about this. If one is doing sophisticated HP usage, it turns out that most "compatibles" fail the test. A couple years back, a university in England tested all the so-called compatibles and found that only the genuine HP machines passed the test. If you're tempted to get a clone of anything, make sure that you try before you buy. -dh --- Don Hosek To retrieve files from ymir via the | dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu mailserver, send a message to | Quixote TeX Consulting mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu with a | 714-625-0147 line saying send [DIRECTORY]FILENAME where DIRECTORY is the FTP directory (sans "anonymous") and FILENAME is the filename, e.g. "send [tex]00readme.txt". There is a list of files in each directory under the name 00files.txt Binary files are not available by this technique.