Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-12 Thread Allan Wind
On 2003-06-13 01:10:57, Stephen Patterson wrote: > Turns out the test PC was running across a ciscow router at a healthy > 6 KBytes/sec (and this is on a 10/100 network). Seen this with sun boxes auto-negotiating a different speed than the (cisco) switch, in which the standard treatment is to for

Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-12 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:10:13 +0200, Alan Shutko wrote: > Stephen Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I've recently been profiling a PS/PCL printer from windows (so shoot >> me :) and there's about a 40% reduction in transmitted print job size >> using PostScript rather than PCL. > > What

Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-12 Thread Alan Shutko
Stephen Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've recently been profiling a PS/PCL printer from windows (so shoot > me :) and there's about a 40% reduction in transmitted print job size > using PostScript rather than PCL. What about print time? -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - I am the

Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-12 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:50:19 +0200, Kirk Strauser wrote: >> Have you noticed any performance improvement? I've recently been profiling a PS/PCL printer from windows (so shoot me :) and there's about a 40% reduction in transmitted print job size using PostScript rather than PCL. -- Stephen Patte

Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-11 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-06-11T19:12:08Z, Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I get the little square boxes, implying that it doesn't have the font. I > don't know where one *gets* those fonts; but, like you, I haven't had any > reason to move this up the list of things to look into. Gotcha. It's in my

Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-11 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-06-11T20:06:31Z, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Have you noticed any performance improvement? Yes, particularly when either rendering large, complex documents, or printing multiple copies of long documents. It's not a huge difference, but (to me) enough to justify the price.

Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-11 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Kirk Strauser wrote: > >> is it worthwhile to upgrade the RAM for light printing duties? > > > No. > > I disagree. I was able to buy a 3rd-party 64MB module for about $25. At > that price, why not? > -- Have you noticed any performance improvement? ---

Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-11 Thread Chris Metzler
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:29:28 -0500 Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 2003-06-11T04:07:01Z, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > >>> 45 TrueType, 35 PostScript®, 4 international > >> No - a postscript document will send its own as needed. > > Out of curiosity, why can'

Re: [OT] Printer Languages

2003-06-11 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-06-11T04:07:01Z, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 45 TrueType, 35 PostScript®, 4 international > No - a postscript document will send its own as needed. Out of curiosity, why can't I print non-western pages from Mozilla to my 1200SE in Postscript mode? Since I've never

Re: [OT] Printer Languages (WAS: Re: [OT] Printer recommendations)

2003-06-10 Thread Allan Wind
On 2003-06-11 05:23:17, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > OK. So I took a look at the HP site and looked at the entry level personal > laserjets. I liked the 1300 (20 ppm, 1200x1200, network capable, parallel) > and it seems like a good deal at $399 (from the Hp site, I can probably do > better somewhere

Re: [OT] Printer Languages (WAS: Re: [OT] Printer recommendations)

2003-06-10 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Roberto Sanchez wrote: > what are these languages and what do they mean? > > HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, HP printer language (emulates Adobe® PostScript® > Level 2) PCL is HP's standard page description language; it's adequate but, to paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, "it'

[OT] Printer Languages (WAS: Re: [OT] Printer recommendations)

2003-06-10 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Allan Wind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On 2003-06-10 21:36:54, Andrew Perrin wrote: > > I like my HP laserjet 1200SE, which meets all your criteria. Fast, cheap, > > postscript, parallel. > > Agree. If you want ethernet you can always add a jet direct to the > mix (internal or external).