Re: [WinMac] Re: WinMac Digest #190 - 01/08/99

Bill Larson(billl[at]usgs.gov)
Sat, 9 Jan 1999 13:49:37 -0700

>>
>>4) PostScript output from a Mac is generally much more reliable than PC's.
>
> False: PostScript is, and always has been since its inception in ~1982,
>platform independent. Just download the latest PostScript drivers from:
> <http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/LIBRARY/pdrvmac.htm> or
> <http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/LIBRARY/pdrvwin.htm> for
>Mac and NT, respectively;
>

I, for one, have several examples of trying to print an Illustrator
file from a Windows machine that prints incorrectly and the same
file prints correctly on a Mac. This in my eyes validates statement
#4.

Bill Larson
billl@earthling.net

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