Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Pre RIPing a document? (off topic)
From: Douglas M. MacFarlane (madmac@mcs.net)
Date: Thu Nov 05 1998 - 15:36:29 EST
On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Jonathan Benson wrote:
> We have 2 main printers here (a Laserwriter II NTX and a Color
> Laserwriter 12/660) that seem to be quite slow at doing what they do.
>
> I know I can upgrade the onboard memory to improve the speed but I have
> recently seen a Color photocopier/printer arrangement from Xerox (costs
> far too much money) that has a server between the user and the printer.
> The server pre RIPs the documents as well as caching them in a print
> queue.
>
> My question is, is there anything like this that would work with the
I don't believe so, but I've been wrong before.
In the case of those printers, I don't think there is any way to
bypass the PS processing, and the size of the raster image would be
HUGE!! so that the time it took to send it ould be longer than the
onboard ripping.
Doug
Principal, Vauban Industries
madmac@mcs.net
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