Do all laser printers are postscript compatible?
Answer hi Kelvin, No, not all “laser” printers use the postscript language. Some laser printers are non-postscript. Will your Illustrator documents be distorted if printed to a non-postscript printer, like an HP Deskjet? No, but they do not really print in postscript. When you print to a non-PS printer, all the data in your document is converted to bitmap information, or rasterized, before it is sent to the printer. Illustrator does a very good job of interpreting the vector data and converting it. Fonts included. Printouts look very nice. A few features of the program are not available to you, the most important one being that you can’t print color seps to a non-PS printer. But Adobe knows that everyone does not have a PS printer at home. I’ve been working with Illustrator and an inkjet for years with no problem. I hope this answered your question.
