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From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: DeskJet (a LaserJet in disguise)
Message-ID: <3737@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 27 Aug 88 00:03:24 GMT
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Reply-To: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Organization: Stanford University
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>>> Don't let the speed issue stop you!  It takes about 10-12 minutes for
>>> the computer to lay out a 300x300 dpi page for the LaserJet

>>Ten to twelve minutes to lay out a single page?  Using what?

>I think you are talking about text dumps to the printer.  These it does
>quite quickly.  This discussion is about graphics.
>Ever used a Macintosh laser printer, I got very used to 45-50 minutes
>for a moderately simple graphic.

Again, using what?  45 minutes a page?  That is simply unusable.
Even full-page 300 dpi graphics shouldn't take more than a couple
of minutes a page, absolute maximum.  I repeat, *what* *software*
gives you such poor performance?

-tom