Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!torrie From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: An interesting idea... Message-ID: <1991May7.172020.5826@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 7 May 91 17:20:20 GMT References: <912@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <921@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM><.29G1$1-1@cs.psu.edu> <927@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <927Gd92+1@cs.psu.edu> <3052.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> Sender: torrie@neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA Lines: 19 jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes: > It _is_ better to have the printer doing the work. I thought that > was the main advantage of Postscript, that you could get printers to > do lots of the grunt work for you. I'd call that a very minor advantage. The main advantage of Postscript is that it gives you a rich imaging model coupled with device independence. >Otherwise, why not use TeX for document preparation? Try doing some of Postscript's graphics effects in TeX. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu "And remember, whatever you do, DON'T MENTION THE WAR!"