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From: feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Mac -> NeXT printer
Message-ID: <6255@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 90 19:43:02 GMT
References: <20218@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <38655@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <38655@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> tsui@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Yufeng Tsui) writes:
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>   I am planning to network several NeXTs and MacSE/30s and I am just
>wondering if it is possible for the Mac to take advantage of the
>400dpi resolution of the NeXT printer.  I already have a IINT hooked 
>up to the appletalk network for the printing and I use Laserwriter6.0.
>What I am goign to do is install CAP on a NeXT and run NeXT as a printer
>server.
...

Yeah, 400 dpi is nice.

If it's PostScript that isn't Mac-specific (Laserwriter specific) and isn't
using fonts that the NeXT doesn't have (the NeXT comes with only the Times,
Helvetica, Courier, Ohlfs, and Symbol families), the NeXT should be able to
print it.  The NeXT speeks lpr, so if you can convert your apple-speak to
lpr -- CAP should be able to do it(?) -- you've got it made.  

Remember that the NeXT cube does the PostScript interpretation and blasts a
bit stream to the NeXT laser printer, so the cube with the printer will take
a performance hit when imaging.  Your best bet is to use a cube with lot's
o' memory (16M), and one that is used as a server (no one logs into the
console).  In actuality, it is the WindowSever that does the PostScript for
both the Printer and the user at the console, so it is pretty much only the
user at the console that perceives poor performance while printing.


  Mark