SPARCprinters were like WinModems of their time: they offloaded all the Display PostScript processing to the host. The printer was essentially interfaced like a

SPARCprinters were like WinModems of their time: they offloaded all the Display PostScript processing to the host. The printer was essentially interfaced like an external monitor; the host would do all the rendering and then read out a finished image for the printer to immediately lay down on paper.