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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: An interesting idea...
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Date: 26 Apr 91 22:53:46 GMT
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In article <912@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor) writes:


   I'll say before the NeXToids.  Theirs does just that.  There are
   also interface boards that drop into PC's, but have their own CPU
   and RAM.  They interprest the PS and dump it to the printer.

   My question is: why burn system CPU bandwith on a mutlitasking machine,
   since the cost of PS on a laser with it's own CPU already is so small.

If you put Postscript in the laser printer, then you have to pay
royalties to Adobe for that too.  The NeXT laser printer only costs
$1795($1295 educational), and it has costs that much for the past
year.

-Mike