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From: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.text
Subject: Re: Jasmine LaserPrinter
Keywords: Laser Printer Laserprinter Mac
Message-ID: <900@esquire.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 88 15:02:08 GMT
References: <1055@naucse.UUCP> <81243@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
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In article <81243@sun.uucp> shiffman@sun.UUCP (Hank Shiffman) writes:
>Personally, I would want some more assurance about the compatibility
>of their PostScript-like language with the Real Thing(TM) from Adobe
>before I'd consider buying one of these.  If all the usual suspects
>work correctly with the Qume then it would be an awfully attractive
>alternative to offerings from Apple/QMS/etc.

Specifically, what does it do about downloadable Adobe fonts?  They all
come encrypted and rely on the 'eexec' operator, which as far as I know
is only a part of Adobe PostScript, and not random PostScript clones.

The ability to use Adobe fonts is a big reason why people want 
printers with Adobe PostScript in them.

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