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From: tainter@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Tainter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: DeskJet (a LaserJet in disguise)
Message-ID: <8625@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Date: 26 Aug 88 19:11:52 GMT
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Reply-To: tainter@ihlpb.UUCP (55521-Tainter,J.A.)
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In article <3725@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes:
>> 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 can't believe anything is that slow, on any machine!  If
>something takes a minute a page, I get mighty upset; I expect
>most things to run at at least four pages a minute.  A simple
>eighty page report would take thirteen *hours* to print at
>10 minutes a page!  What gives?

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.

>-tom


--j.a.tainter