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From: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
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Subject: Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's?
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Date: 15 Dec 89 19:04:31 GMT
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"" - A printer that doesn't halt my machine when I print a page
""
"
"If you are worried about this, then just buy a LaserWriter IINT. That's
"what I have to do with my Mac.
"

I use a LserwWriter IINT and, with MultiFinder, my output spools to disk and
prints in the background.  It does slow the foreground application down, but
not too much.

Contrast this with the NeXT I tried out, which  did literally grind to a halt
while it struggled to do the PostScript imaging (at 400dpi, no less).  There's
a big difference there.
--


Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)