On Wed, 28 May 2003 02:09, you wrote: > > > John, you mentioned that gs might not be a good fit for 390, can you > > > please elaborate on that? > > > > Ghostscript requires lots of CPU power to interpret postscript which, > > after all, is an interpreted language. > > But since we're talking about postscript printers, ghostscript rendering > won't be needed with them, right? Let the printers do the rendering.
I was asked about gs. I don't understand why you'd use gs with postscript printers, unless you had a really old one and really wanted to send it a newer level of ps. > > > Best to have your client machines deliver to the print server whatever > > your printers expect. IA32 MIPs are cheap, and odds are you don't use ten > > percent of them. > > Yes, but don't forget that this increases the network load. It may also > reduce the quality. How does it increase network load? What's the difference between sending ps to a printer and sending it to a cheap PC sitting under it? > > Though windows' postscript driver is a really bad one. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
