Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 10:45:34 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printer recommendation? Message-ID: <9506161745.AA15744@gnu.mc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Jun 1995 10:09:57 PDT." <199506161709.KAA01785@rah.star-gate.com>
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In message <199506161709.KAA01785@rah.star-gate.com>, you write: >>>> "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 > > Only if the bitmaps are the same resolution as the printer. If you start having to do resolution conversion, processing time probably exceeds transfer time (but it "depends"). But ethernet isn't necessary, a parallel port can do fine... marty
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