ries@arcturus (Marc Ries) (04/22/89)
Are there any HP HP-UX FrameMaker users out there?
If so, would you mind commenting on:
1) Which laser printers you are using for output?
2) Are you using the stock FrameMaker "frame2pcl"
(Frame to Postscript Command Language) filter for
printing? The stock method (frame2pcl) seems NOT to
be the most efficient method (i.e., not letting the
printer itself process the PCL). As an example, a
20 page set of viewgraphs ended up as a 16 MB (!)
data file shipped directly to the printer.
Thanks in advance,
Marc Ries
<somewhere>!ries
"PHOTOVOLTAICS: safe/clean Electricity from the SUN"jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton) (04/29/89)
In article <1747@spp2.UUCP>, ries@arcturus (Marc Ries) writes: } 2) Are you using the stock FrameMaker "frame2pcl" (Frame to } Postscript Command Language) filter for printing? The stock } method (frame2pcl) seems NOT to be the most efficient method } (i.e., not letting the printer itself process the PCL). As an } example, a 20 page set of viewgraphs ended up as a 16 MB (!) } data file shipped directly to the printer. Are you sure frame2pcl isn't frame -> HP PCL, the Printer Command Language that HP printers use? If it is, be forewarned that PCL bitmap graphic files can get HUGE, especialy at 300 dpi. Not only do you need tons of disk space to print these files but you'll want to run your LaserJet (or other printer) at the fastest serial speed possible, or preferably parallel or HPIB/IEEE-488... -- Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA UUCP: ...harvard!m2c!applix!jim jim@applix.m2c.org