At 01:31 -0500 on 31/10/02, Shannon wrote: >On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 11:09:59PM -0500, the pickle wrote: >> At 20:02 -0800 on 30/10/02, flawed jai wrote: >> >> >i dont care if it takes a long time for the 68k mac to send all its code >> >to the printer apparatus before it can print out. time is something i >> >have lots of. >> >> Especially if you dedicate something like a IIci as a print server, so >> none of the other computers have to wait and the print server can do >> all the processing. > >The client will still have to send a lot of PostScript data. > >Remember that a lot of software spits out really inefficient PostScript. > >I have seen pages that should take about 15K of PostScript, end up in >the megabytes. Don Lancaster used to rant about that in his magazine >columns/books.
Eh, sending a meg or two of PostScript over Ethernet is still a lot faster (and can be done better in the background) than trying to spool up a print job itself. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> Software Archive <ftp://download:jmug@;ftp.jmug.org//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/> <http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/> _________________________________________________________________ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
