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Is PostScript still used in printers?

Someone already mentioned NeXT and NeWS. I loved Solaris and NeXTSTEP when I was in college in the 1990's. At the time every computer lab had an HP printer with built in PostScript. When I got my first job after graduation in 1997 I convinced my new manager to spend $3000 on an HP 5 Si MX with built in PostScript. It was fast and the output looked great.

I've run Linux since 1994 and I remember most programs would create a .ps file but you could use the Red Hat printer config to automatically use GhostScript to convert it and print.

I assume GhostScript converted it to whatever format the cheap $100 printer needed because they couldn't afford PostScript and a separate processor to run it?

These days computers are so fast is there any need for PostScript inside printers?

I found this article saying its still in high end printers but I haven't printed anything at work in 5 years so I don't even know if ours supports it.

https://www.gohackworth.com/what-is-postscript-and-why-do-al...



And computing is so cheap that there wouldn't be much issue with including it in a networked printer. Or a multifunction printer. I'd expect more of a question of license cost. But if your printer is going to understand pdf out of the box, probably it understands postscript also.




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