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From: tfra@ur-tut.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer)
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Subject: Re: Word Perfect and Laserjet: I don't understand!
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Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 08:58:32 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 19 08:58:32 1987
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[Et tu, line-eater?]

In a recent issue of Infoworld (I don't remember which), there was an article
which quoted a HP representative as saying "we couldn't afford to ignore
Postscript any longer" (at least, that's was I recall).  Both DDL and Postscript
will be supported via add-on boards that will be made by third-party vendors.

As an aside on WP and the "vanilla" Laserjet:  Yes, it is a toy laser printer,
at least in this day and age.  For its time, however, it was a significant
step in producing inexpensive high-quality output.  If HP had someone who
understood fonts better, they might have even come out with a decent 
cartridge that people could use.  Well, at least they came out with
printers that support downloadable fonts on later models.  Now if only
someone will come out with a disk (CD-Rom?) add-on to a laser printer to
let them support even more fonts, we'll be cooking.
-- 

  Tom Frauenhofer			...!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!tfra
"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
				-- Harlan Ellison