Re: Re: PCL or PostScript

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:04:35 -0500, Henry G Belot wrote
about "Re: [PageStreamSupport] Re: PCL or
PostScript".

Hello Henry G Belot,

> Theo:
> 
> >> TZ> Rival is my word. Wikipedia in Dutch
talks about (translated): 'The 
> >> TZ> largest counterpart of PCL is
PostScript ' (I just looked it up  ).
> >> TZ> Is this a better translation?
> >>
> >> It may be a better translation, but the
resulting statement is equally ignorant
> >> and misleading
> >>   
> >>     
> >
> > Why, Don (and Henry)?...
> >   
> 
> I've done a little thinking about that in the light of
all the ensuing 
> discussion.
> 
> > Take HD-DVD and Blu-ray, or older: VHS and Betamax
from Sony (or even 
> > C2000 from Philips).
> >   
> 
> Technologically, PCL and PostScript could be thought of
as rivals, but 
> only as technology. From a "marketing"
perspective (for lack of a better 
> word), the comparison would be more like VHS and
Betamax compared to 
> Betacam or U-Matic, Sony's dominating professional
video cassette 
> formats. In other words, the marketing niches seem to
be carved out a 
> little differently. (The comparison breaks down if you
consider the 
> underlying technologies. Betacam is vastly superior to
either of the 
> consumer formats.)

There are printers available that appear to have both:

eg Dell Multifunction Colour Printer 3115cn

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