Waiting for a Page to Print
on a Postcript Printer
Firm click, then
Pumping down.
Lights flashing...
(Evidence of processing.)
Waiting…(computer and printer
discussing fonts and bounding boxes.)
Hidden light show,
Millions of dots placing,
A warming sound...
Tenative...ready? Yes!
Wheels and belts move,
pushing a blank.
Pressure, pinching, peeling.
Magic image!
©Ray M. Thompson 5/93
