>Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 21:20:42 -0500 >From: Bill Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Laserwriter purchase advice needed
> For >those of us not into desktop publishing or any other aspect of the >publishing biz, good old Apple TrueType on a PLW does just fine. Nobody I >know can see one whit of difference between TrueType on a PLW and >PostScript on any PostScript laser printer. If you are in the publishing >biz, then PostScript is a must. If ethernet is a must, then a PostScript >printer is a must. I'll adapt the Apple adage here about the PLW being the >laser printer "for the rest of us". Dave tells us he may not be interested >in the ethernet issue here. Unless he tells us he is into the publishing >biz, a latter day PostScript laser printer is a damned fine printer but >perhaps unnecessary overkill as well as grief. The other nice thing about a networkable postscript printer is that no matter which direction Apple goes you can be pretty certain that there will be drivers and a connection avenue for it. Serial and USB printers will get left behind as drivers are not updated, but you can pretty much count on there always being a postscript driver available, and even if it isn't the PS driver for your specific printer, it will still work, if your printer supports postscript. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
