Varityper
>Nicely put defense of Adobe. I think you're right on. With the pricing I've
>seen on the new CG Postscript machines (which are using an Adobe-sanctioned
>RIP) I think Birmy is in serious trouble. Why purchase a Birmysetter that
>can't run the Adobe fonts (which whether David likes it or not are the
>industry standard at the moment) when you can get a CG machine for about the
>same money that will do both.
Adobe PostScript fonts are, of course, the industry standard for
PostScript. After all, Adobe made PostScript. Adobe fonts are not,
however, industry standards for fonts. Far from it. Why Birmy (and other
soon to be announced clones)? They know there's a market. Why wait 120 days
for machine from Lino, CG, and Varityper? The Birmy is also 2 to 5 times
FASTER than an Atlas II RIP.
For me, that's important. You will also see a Birmy made specifically for
the MAC market that is so price competitive that…you'll see. Hey, I love
Adobe. Some of the cloners, though, like Birmy, Itek, etc. have chosen to
attack the *high-end*, high-speed market. Show me a real Adobe
implementation that can drive Ce Alphacomposer at 5300dpi at respectable
(usable)speeds?
A company in New Jersey is doing that. Just because there are clones
doesn't mean Adobe is in any way discredited. Quite the contrary. Also keep
in mind that just because someone licenses the real mccoy doesn't mean
their product will be great. One of the new licenses (name not mentioned)
produced output that when run under a densitometer doesn't come close to
spec! It's all relative…