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From: schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: fun with postscript
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Date: 13 May 91 22:47:16 GMT
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>>I should have a IIIP by tomorrow. Assuming my third party RAM card for the
>>IIP works in the IIIP, I can report on the HP/Adobe PS Cart with the
>>IIIP. HP assures me it will work, but with two "gotchas" - you cannot switch
>>the startup page or RET programatically ... only using the front panel. i
>>can live with that.

>Anybody know if this is true of the LJ3 also?  It would be nice to be
>able to turn off the RET (resolution enhancement) on some things.  Some
>bitmaps look slightly better without it.

No. The problem is that the PostScript cartridge "works" on a IIIP by
"pretending" it is running on a IIP. Therefore, Series III features
cannot be switched in or out because the PostScript interpreter does
not know they are there. However, since the PS Cart recognizes a plain III,
you can adjust RET with the cartridge running.

Don't expect HP to bother fixing this, btw. Current feeling is that Level I
PostScript is a dead issue, and a cartridge-based Level 2 interpreter would be
too slow. So expect an add-in board (like PacificPage XL) with built-in CPU.


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