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From: toms@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider)
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Subject: Re: Color Postscript
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Date: 12 Feb 91 16:42:51 GMT
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In article <12022@helios.TAMU.EDU> jhardin@stat.tamu.edu (James Hardin) writes:

> ...  Has anyone had any experience with using color postscript printers?
> Just how expensive are they? Are there any I should avoid?  Are there any I
> should definitely consider?

One possibility is to look into local print shops.  They may be able to
generate your color printouts for you and save you a lot of money.  Be SURE
to print it out on a black and white printer first to know it is ok!  And
insist that they get it right before you pay.  That is, the imaged area
differs between printers (unfortunately) and fonts also are not constant,
so you will want to see that the final image is what you want before you pay.

We got a Tektronix colorquick printer, which is just under $2k list price, and
then bought Freedom of Press software to convert from PostScript to the
colorquick format.  Freedom of Press (800) 873-4367, makes converters for lots
of printers, so you can get a cheap printer and a little software to do the
job.  It's got to be slower than a color printer, but it may be less costly.
See the review in MacUser January 1990, page 77.  There is a rival to Freedom
of the press called Tscript that I have not used.  See MacUser August 1990 page
62.  My technician also tells me that Freedom of the Press Light is a budget
version they just came out with.  Anyway, our colorquick makes lovely graphs!

>  Kindest regards,
>  James Hardin
>  jhardin@stat.tamu.edu

  Tom Schneider
  National Cancer Institute
  Laboratory of Mathematical Biology
  Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
  toms@ncifcrf.gov