Ward Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 Hello all, The guys in the cad dept use VW9.5 on W2K . We're shopping for a new plotter. To be honest we're a bit confused about the postscript thing. Will VW9.5 work perfectly with a designjet800- or will it not ? The 800ps version is too expensive, forcing us to look at OCE5250 which is lower spec'ed but has native support for ps.We draw staircases, wall elements - no DTP. thanks for any replies or links. RegardsWard Quote Link to comment
aersloat Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 I don't know much about W2K, but I can tell you generally that if you can print to the device from any application, then VW can print to it as well. VW does not require postscript. The source of confusion is probably from the lack of manufacturer's plotter drivers for MacOS-- which means we either have to buy a third party driver (like microspot's) or buy a postscript plotter (since postscript devices are supported by Apple's and Adobe's drivers.) [ 04-26-2002: Message edited by: aersloat ] Quote Link to comment
Matthew Giampapa Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 The only real reason you would want the 800ps over the regular 800 is if you want Macintosh support. Since HP does not have a HPGL/2 and RTL driver for the Mac, they have a Postscript version available that can use Apple's or Adobe's Postscript driver. Matthew GiampapaNNA Technical Support Quote Link to comment
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