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From: moore@PULSAR.FAC.CS.CMU.EDU (Dale Moore)
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Subject: Talaris view of PostScript
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Date: 14 Jul 88 17:59:15 GMT
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Here is something that I found in a trade rag called
Digital News July 11, 1988,  page 67-69.

I thought that it might make interesting and amusing reading.

Portions of the article are copied here without permission.

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The Art of Buying a Laser Printer

...

To help you sort out the details, we also asked printer vendors
about common misconceptions that buyers have and errors they
make when evaluating laser printers.  Among the responses received:

...

Talaris - "The most common misconception that Talaris sees in the
marketplace today is that a PostScript printer is the panacea that
will solve all of the customer's problems.  PostScript not only
doesn't provide application software compatibility but it also was
not designed to operate efficiently in the multiuser computing
environment.  There is very little VAX/VMS software that supports
PostScript.  WPS-Plus, for example, does not support PostScript.
Currently the only VAX/VMS application package that requires
PostScript is Interleaf.  Because PostScript was designed for single
user desktop publishing, integrating PostScript into a multiuser
VAX/VMS computing environment is acheived only at very high cost
(such as with the $50,000 Digital PS-40) or with major sacrifice in
performance."
   "The best approach is to purchasing a laser printer is to examine
your application first, the select the printer that provides the 
throughput, functionality, connectivity and flexibility required to
support the application.  If you know what application software you
will be using with the printer, then you have a head start.  Find out
what the software vendor recommend.  In the VAX environment, it
probably wont be a PostScript."