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Originally Posted by Mule
As they say. a little knowledge is dangerous. The little knowledge you exhibit here is that Postscript is the standard in the graphics industry. If you're doing 4 color separations, it's the only way to go. If you're printing letters, IT SUCKS. Most people print letters. If you like, we can start a poll to see how many people here print 4 color separations. First, you have to wait for the Mac & it's robust operating system to cojitate over every dot on the page. While this is taking place you are entertained by the little Mac whirlygig spinning around on the screen. Once this process completes, the Mac has to transmit the same amount of info as if it was doing a full page, 4 color separation graphic. This takes a while as well. Next the printer now has to digest this myriad of information, even if you're only printing one sentence. Again, this takes a while. For the privilege of experiencing all this high efficiency, you have to pay additional money for a Postscript capable printer and 4X as much memory. Did I mention Macs print like pigs?
Feel free to correct any and all inaccuracies in the above statement with no fear of hurting my feelings.
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You really are amazing. You regurgitate what I say, agree with/validate it then say I don;'t know anything.
Furthermore you have claimed many times that Macs are not general business devices and are only used in the niche graphics/design market so again what's the problem.
And quite frankly your description of the print process is so wrong it's not funny.
A one sentence 1 color document does not get processed as a 4 color full page doc. That's just a silly statement.
The info gets crunched once, either by the host computer using a software rip, onboard hardware rip or by an external rip between the host and printer or by the printers onboard rip.
The slow print speeds you may have experienced on desktop publishing Macs is more likely attributed to poor work habits of the user.