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From: cochran@caeteam1.DAB.GE.COM (Craig Cochran)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: PostScript compatible printers
Keywords: Dataproducts, Interleaf
Message-ID: <1321@ge-dab.GE.COM>
Date: 29 Jul 88 20:11:44 GMT
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In article <37355@linus.UUCP> rad@mitre-bedford.arpa (Dick Dramstad) writes:
>>BEWARE:
>>We have a Dataproducts LZR-2665 PostScript printer that absolutely WILL
>>NOT work with Interleaf-output PostScript.
>>
>>Found out the hard ($$) way...
>
>	On the other hand, it may not be your Dataproducts printer's
>fault.  (By the way, I believe the 2665 is a true, not just a
>compatible PostScript printer.)  Not too long ago, our Interleaf rep
>actually admitted that their PostScript output software was device
>*DEpendent*.  So much for the promise of device-independent printer
>output...  When are folks gonna realize that the LaserWriter ain't the
>only PostScript game in town?
>
>>Craig S. Cochran <cochran@ge-dab.GE.COM> 
>
>Dick Dramstad <rad@mitre-bedford.arpa>

You are right about the Dataproducts LZR.  It DOES support standard
Adobe PostScript, and works fine with our other tools, so
I'm not busting on DataProducts.  Their printer is standard.

The point I was trying to make was that the LZR-2665, which someone
else said works fine with everything, in fact does not.  The fact
that Interleaf used nonstandard LaserWriter extensions to standard
Adobe PostScript (so it's Interleaf's fault) means nothing to a
manager who tells you to purchase a printer for Interleaf documents
(considering that Interleaf is a hell of a lot more expensive than a LW).
If your going to use Interleaf, better get a LaserWriter.  Interleaf
has already told me they don't intend to "port" their code to the
LZR-2665.


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