Emulated PostScript (was Re: MacOSX-admin Digest, Vol 39, Issue 26)

[Alex Satrapa]

On 02/04/2007, at 12:45 , Ashley Aitken wrote:

> I'm not sure stalling (slowing down) or choking (running out of  
> memory?) because the PostScript file is too big or too complicated  
> is really a problem with the Emulated Postscript?

The hint that I wanted to give to people reading this list was mainly  
that you shouldn't just buy a printer. Make sure the person selling  
it to you is committed enough to supporting it that they will let you  
print some sample documents from your past history. Then when you  
find a document that chokes your current printer, add it to the list  
of documents to use when testing the next printer you plan to purchase.

Of course, this printer selection plan fails abysmally when choosing  
sub-$2k printers since you're dealing with retail staff who are more  
concerned with moving boxes out the door than understanding a  
customer's needs. At which point, you go to a mailing list and ask  
for people's advice about which low-end printer will work best for  
your needs, and be prepared to accept that you'll find some documents  
that just won't print on your gleaming new laser printer, leaving you  
to find out which feature of your document is causing the problem.

Alex
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