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From: ajb@RETINA.MITRE.ORG (Alan J. Broder)
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Subject: High-res bitmap from News
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Date: 8 Feb 89 17:05:16 GMT
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I have an application which requires me to produce a full-page equivalent
of the 300-dpi bitmap which would be produced by a PostScript printer.
The people at Adobe told me that in fact, the Display PostScript on the
NeXT machine does this; the NeXT laser printer is not a PostScript printer,
rather it expects a pre-rasterized 300dpi raw bitmap which is produced
using Display PostScript on the NeXT CPU (with output to a bitmap file 
rather than to a screen window).

My question is this: Is there any way for me to achieve the same result using
NeWS on a Sun ? That is, will NeWS allow me to render my postscript to a
buffer or a file (instead of the screen) at the equivalent of 300dpi
resolution ? If this is not possible, does anyone know of a postscript
printer simulator which will produce such an output ? (There are already
products on the market for PC's which will, in effect, convert your
"dumb" laser printer into a postscript printer by rasterizing on the
P.C.).

Please send replies direct to me as I am new on this list. I will
summarize if there is any interest.

Thanks

Alan J Broder
ajb@cornea.mitre.org    <------------ use this address
The MITRE Corporation
Image Processing Technology Center