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To: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
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Subject: Re: printer recommendation? 
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 10:09:57 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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>>> "Marty Leisner" said:
 > 
 > You don't need anything faster than a parallel port.
 > 
 > The biggest bottleneck is normally the PS decomposer, not the
 > network interface (you can also probably keep a printer busy
 > with a 19.2kbaud serial line).

Oh, what about bitmap graphics wouldnt a PS file with lots of bitmap
graphics take a long time to download to the printer?

	Tnks,
	Amancio