#Pagestream 2.1 question
26-Jul-91 12:23:40
Sb: #30101-#Pagestream 2.1 question
Fm: Gary Brusanowski 70304,2516
To: Mike Todd 70117,634
Mike:
One of the things we're missing in this thread about the ineffieciency of
PostScript is how it's written. A PostScript generating program (aka.
page-creation programs like PPage and PageStream) are ultimately
responsible for how big a PS file gets and how fast it prints. Our new
program creates PostScript files (type catalogs) and we found that making
the smallest of changes in the output code would result in a speed increase
of nearly 10 times! I'll say one thing: PPage PS code is a little bulky,
but it whips like crazy. Mac users at our output bureau go nuts when they
see our files pop out in less than a minute. Of course, they go straight
from their applications to the lino (and through AppleTalk no less! Yeesh!)
and have all sorts of font ID conflicts which we never have… poor Mac
users! 🙂
Gary
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