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From: bob+@andrew.cmu.edu (Bob Sidebotham)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Host software alternatives to PS engines?
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Date: 28 Sep 88 16:27:12 GMT
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> *Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.lang.postscript: 16-Sep-88 Re: Host software*
> *alternati.. Edward J. Ede@mitre-bedf (3222)*

> A 300x300 dpi printer > would require 9 times the memory of a 100x100 screen.
> (300x300x8.5x11) = ~ 1 Megabyte.  You could do the page in passes, but > that
> would require multiple interpretations of the PostScript.

The point is that rather than buying a MB of memory and an additional 68000
processor of some sort in a printer, where it's not much use most of the time,
I'd rather allocate any additional memory to my Mac/SE, perhaps turning it into
a 2MB machine.  At that point, I could run MultiFinder and do the printing in
the background anyway.

Bob Sidebotham (bob+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Carnegie Mellon University