Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!me!ecf!dauksa
From: dauksa@ecf.toronto.edu (Linas P Dauksa)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: looking for a Postscript converter program
Message-ID: <836@mv06.ecf.toronto.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 89 05:30:04 GMT
References: <1226@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <7650002@hpwrce.HP.COM> <5032@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Reply-To: dauksa@mv06.ecf.UUCP (Linas P Dauksa)
Organization: Engineering Computing Facility, University of Toronto
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In article <5032@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> kjk@PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan) writes:
>
>GO-SCRIPT and FREEDOM-OF-THE-PRESS are stand alone software packages
>that require no additional hardware other than one of the supported
>dot matrix, ink jet or laser printers.  They are *sloooow* but they work!
>For just under $200, Go-Script comes with fonts emulating the original
>13 Laser-Writer typefaces, and for $200 more ($400 total) you get
>emulations (Bitstream) of all 35 current standard PostScript printer
>fonts.  If you happen to be fortunate enough to have a fast 286 or
>386 DOS machine, the processing speed should be tolerable for the home
>or "business on a budget".
>
>Go-Script supports the HP Deskjet and produces "laser quality" output
>(at least in my opinion).
>
>Don't get me wrong, a *real* PostScript printer is much more convenient,
>but Go-Script and F-O-P work and the price is right.


The combination of Go-Script and the Deskjet sounds perfect for my needs.
What worries me is that Go-Script is slow. How slow is slow? If a
page of graphics takes 1 minute to process and print on a real postscript
printer, how long will it take with an emulation program? The interpreter
must do a lot of floating-point work. Is a math-coprossesor supported.
How much will it speed up the process?

I understand the Deskjet printer supports level three of the
HP graphics language. Can I configure a desktop publishing
program such as Ventura or Pagemaker to support an HP Laser-Jet
printer and be able to print successfuly on the DeskJet?
Any information would be appretiated, as it is difficult to
get support from HP Canada.

Linas Dauksa (416) 588-4744

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