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Anyone know about "Virtual PostScript?"
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I've seen two oblique references to it, one in the last Macworld and one online, but little else. Is it true that this Panther feature will turn any printer into a PostScript printer?
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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I think the deal is that Panther will translate any postscript file into a PDF on the fly.
So if you drop a Postscript document on your printer it will print as a normal postscript printer.
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Originally posted by MacTheKnife:
Is it true that this Panther feature will turn any printer into a PostScript printer?
Yes that's what I interpret it to be.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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I believe it is just Gimp-Print being built in.
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Not Gimp-Print, but Ghostscript. Gimp-Print is a set of printer drivers. Ghostscript is a postscript interpreter.
Chris
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Cool, that means that we'll able to print PostScript to any cheap laser. Of course, with Quark 4.1 and 5.1 still running while booted in OS 9, that could be a moot point.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Originally posted by MacTheKnife:
Cool, that means that we'll able to print PostScript to any cheap laser. Of course, with Quark 4.1 and 5.1 still running while booted in OS 9, that could be a moot point.
You do know that Quark 6 is out?
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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You can already print to [almost any] cheap printer - I inherited an HP LaserWriter III with a parallel port, no PostScript support. Hooked it up to the parallel port of my SMC Barricade wireless router, installed GIMP-print and now I can print to it. Panther will make this a little easier to install, but the pieces are already there.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Originally posted by Terri:
You do know that Quark 6 is out?
He probably know this, but that doesn't mean he CAN uprade.
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