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From: vpg@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (venu.p.gopal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: what PS printers are HP compatible
Keywords: purchase decision
Message-ID: <776@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 May 89 07:31:16 GMT
References: <778@jonlab.UUCP>
Reply-To: vpg@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (venu.p.gopal)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <778@jonlab.UUCP> jon@jonlab.UUCP (Jon H. LaBadie) writes:
>We are about to switch to using PostScript for our output of
>troff files.  At about the same time, another major group in
>our office is about to switch off of "mainframe word processing"
>to PC's and WordPerfect.  This latter group will be using HP
>LaserJet's as their output device.

Why not get your latter group also to use postscript (on the PC's) ?
WordPerfect supports postscript, so does Lotus 1-2-3 and almost all major
applications software now for the PC.  Using some sort of LAN, you should
even be able to use a single printer for both mainframes and PCs (we do
that at our site).

Venu P. Gopal
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