#PostScript + PCL lasers
19-Feb-92 20:23:32
Sb: #PostScript + PCL lasers
Fm: Kenneth Elliott [CAM TM] 73737,2054
To: Peter K. Sheerin 71621,3173
Peter,
Can't comment on HPGL/2. It *should* be as fast as Postscript.
On my postscript printer, as soon as AutoCAD finishes counting vectors, the
printer motor fires up and paper starts to move. Clearly, Postscript has no
real delay in processing line art. Screens (greyscale) *do* slow it down.
Perhaps I need to do a Postscript printer review when I finish the card
reviews.
In my experience, Postscript is *far* faster than PCL. On a DOS version of
R10, one of my clients plotted a 160 KB file to a HP IIp w/2.5MB in 32
min. We poped a PacificPage cart in the machine and the same plot took 3.5
min. AutoCAD 386 will be much quicker on PRPLOTS, but its still slower than
plotting to Postscript.
Gotta go home and feed Wolf…
Ken /// CAD Masters