Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!apple!well!ilsa
From: ilsa@well.UUCP (ilsa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Deskjet Printer
Summary: postscript emulator
Message-ID: <12034@well.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 89 02:54:29 GMT
References: <7549@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: ilsa@well.UUCP (ilsa)
Distribution: usa
Organization: 100 Laughing Buddhas Charm School
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In article <7549@hoptoad.uucp> slc@hoptoad.UUCP (Steve Costa) writes:
>I've heard that a Postscript emulator has been written for use with the
>IBM. I assume it's too optimistic to hope that such a thing has been done
>or planned on the Amiga.

Not *too* optimistic--I bought PrintScript a month or two ago from
Pixelations and I'm pretty happy with it.  It only comes with two
fonts, Times and Helv clones, though.  And it's not complete PostScript;
for instance, it supports only rectangular clipping paths.  You do
need a couple of megs of memory to do complex pages (giant stroked
font outlines with graphics, f'rinstance) at 300dpi.

You can use it with any Preferences printer, and it comes with a couple
of drivers (for DeskJet & LaserJet) that use the printers' RLE 
capabilities to speed things up a bit...in my experience a 300dpi 
page that takes 25 minutes to print via Preferences takes about 20 with 
the Pixelations driver.  (Yeah, minutes!  It's a lot cheaper than getting
a PostScript printer, but slooow...(same for the pc-clone programs,
though))

For my purposes (letters, flyers, Charm School propaganda) it's a
good deal.