On Sat, Mar 23, 2024, Steve Izma wrote: > I tend to believe that Linotype was the driving force in the > release of a complete package for corporate typesetters: the > Linotronic 202 (or something like it) driven by Adobe's new > PostScript rasterizer (RIP), using ITC fonts, and with two > choices of front ends: either a very expensive inputting and > editing terminal made by Linotype or else a much cheaper (almost > hobby-level) Macintosh.
I worked in a shop in the early '90s that used a Linotronic RIP connected to two dedicated Linotype terminals and several MacIIfx computers. I wouldn't call those Macs cheap or hobby-level, not by a long shot. :) -- Peter Schaffter https://www.schaffter.ca
