On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:29:22 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 28 Jul 2012 at 15:45:44 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:17:22 +0100, Brian wrote: >> >> > Anyway: a PostScript printer has a PostScript interpreter; a PCL >> > printer has a PCL interpreter; a PDF printer has a PDF interpreter. >> > They accept print jobs sent directly to them in the supported >> > language. >> >> And that's the key. No transformations are needed, no necessity for >> interpreting the input, it's direct. When the printer lacks from PCL6 >> or PS or PDF interpreter you're missing that capability. > > Are you really sending everything as Postscript directly to the printer? > Nothing goes through CUPS? Could it be we have different ideas of > 'directly'?
Sometimes I need to overpass CUPS (or the Windows printing sub-system) and directly send a PS file to the printer, it depends on the job. I have faced situations were the CUPS queue hung when printing big and complex files while using the "raw" facility went without a glitch. Of course, this is not a common situation for the "joe" user. >> Does your printer integrate a PDF interprerter? The ones I managed do >> not, just PCL6 and PostScript. > > No, it does not. Does it need to? This subthread began with the > statement that > > > . . . . a PS printer is also a PDF printer. > > so, if we are to accept that, having one isn't important. No? Then I wonder why my company paid the above mentioned $200-300 for having a PS module installed in their printers ;-) > Incidentally, nobody sends PCL6 directly to a printer, I think "nobody" sounds too wide... maybe "it's not usual" but when you only have a PCL6 capable printer and one file fails to print with the usual printing system (File → print → printer driver), I assure you will try with any option that is available. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jv3ga9$vb5$7...@dough.gmane.org
