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>How many J size PS printers are there ? Actually, quite a few. I was maintained Pen plotters back in the late 80s/early 90s. It was my writing a Postsctipt interpreter that gave me the in at apple. Actually what I wrote was a PS vector to HPGL translator. So I have often kept my ear to the ground so to speak. The main issue is these are aimed at a Bechtel class customers. Most of the Xerox class manufactues have had these in develeoment, just waiting for a Bechtel to fund the R&D. I was working on such myself at places like EFI and Apple. Usually though someone runs the numbers and the project is first to get the axe. The paper costs alone are horrendous. Paper is heavy and the mill sells it by the ton. It shows up like a sore thumb to the accountatnts. Only a printer with a web press can afford such. So it becomes a "Digital" press. And your moringin newspaper is printed by such. So the market becomes Chiat, Day and Co and the customer The New York Times. Trust me this has been my boom and bust for 20 years. (and guess what the web has done to the web based heildelburg press based industry) pun intended but I will probably have to explain it. <*sigh*> I really am being paid here in Kenucky to write softwarefor Player pianos. -jP >Of course actual boards are plotted at real size. >Chip layouts have been plotted at 8 ft by 10 ft... multiple >sheets with alignment marks truly impressive wall hanging. True story. I sold the only 10 Lisa Computers that were ever sold in the east Bay. They were sold to BART at almost full retail. (Which by the way was the same as a fully loaded apple //e with hard drive.) BART was ramping up for the expansion. (This was in the 1983 timeframe.) They asked who had the best urban transit system. The London Tube was the obvious answer. So they went and got a team of Brits. (who probaby were in charge of the Graffiti removal.) Then gave them a whole load of cash. Boy those Brits had a lot of fun covering the wall of their Oakland office with PERT Charts Generated with LisaPlot. This was where I first heard the expression that in "100 mile hour wind even Turkeys can fly." Later there was a whole investigation on this waste of the seed money. There was an election and BART got the prez of the US to fund an entierly new program so in the future he could visit his daughters college. (More likeley so as a private citizan he could make the stanford lecture circut from SFO.) ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
