burgess@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard Burgess) (05/01/91)
I am in the market for a new printer for home use. With ATM, I do not really NEED a postscript printer. However, I have had lots of fun with Goscript and Ghostscript and would like to get some info on potential postscript printers/cards. How fast does a IIp print with cartridge? How fast does a III print with cartridge? IIIp anyone???? recommended cartridge? minimum ram needed? recommended ram for decent use? Is the TI microlaser really as good as they say? Thanks much -- ******************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************* Richard Burgess BURGESS@ENIAC.SEAS.UPENN.EDU University of Pennsylvania
tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (05/01/91)
In article <42360@netnews.upenn.edu> burgess@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard Burgess) writes: >I am in the market for a new printer for home use. >With ATM, I do not really NEED a postscript printer. (Sure you do -- ATM doesn't solve everything.) >However, I have had lots of fun with Goscript and >Ghostscript and would like to get some info on >potential postscript printers/cards. ... >minimum ram needed? >recommended ram for decent use? Regardless of the printer or cartridge you pick, letter size 300dpi PostScript will need at least 1.5MB of RAM. 2MB or more is even better. >Is the TI microlaser really as good as they say? Anyone who knows the answer is automatically one of "them." :-) But it is a very good little printer -- for home use I would definitely recommend it, unless you already have a LJII or better. -- The genius of you Americans is that you never make ** Tom Neff any clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid ** tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM moves that leave us scratching our heads wondering if we might possibly have missed something. -- Gamel Abdel Nasser
schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster) (05/02/91)
In article <42360@netnews.upenn.edu> burgess@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard Burgess) writes: > >IIIp anyone???? I should have a IIIP by tomorrow. Assuming my third party RAM card for the IIP works in the IIIP, I can report on the HP/Adobe PS Cart with the IIIP. HP assures me it will work, but with two "gotchas" - you cannot switch the startup page or RET programatically ... only using the front panel. i can live with that. The CPU on the IIIP is 60% faster than the IIP ... so cpu intensive code should run appreciably faster/ -- Mike Schuster | CIS: 70346,1745 NY Public Access UNIX: ...cmcl2!panix!schuster | MCI Mail, GENIE: The Portal (R) System: schuster@cup.portal.com | MSCHUSTER
richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) (05/13/91)
>I should have a IIIP by tomorrow. Assuming my third party RAM card for the >IIP works in the IIIP, I can report on the HP/Adobe PS Cart with the >IIIP. HP assures me it will work, but with two "gotchas" - you cannot switch >the startup page or RET programatically ... only using the front panel. i >can live with that. Anybody know if this is true of the LJ3 also? It would be nice to be able to turn off the RET (resolution enhancement) on some things. Some bitmaps look slightly better without it. -- Richard Foulk richard@pegasus.com
mr@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli) (05/13/91)
In <1991May13.084753.21863@pegasus.com> richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes: >>I should have a IIIP by tomorrow. Assuming my third party RAM card for the >>IIP works in the IIIP, I can report on the HP/Adobe PS Cart with the >>IIIP. HP assures me it will work, but with two "gotchas" - you cannot switch >>the startup page or RET programatically ... only using the front panel. i >>can live with that. >Anybody know if this is true of the LJ3 also? It would be nice to be >able to turn off the RET (resolution enhancement) on some things. Some >bitmaps look slightly better without it. This is true with the HPLJIII. RET control and start-up page options can only be changed via the front panel. And, in case you were curious, in order to go from PostScript to PCL5, or vice versa, you have to power down and remove/insert the cartridge. -- michael regoli mr@cica.indiana.edu regoli@iubacs.BITNET ..rutgers!iuvax!cica!mr
jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (george) (05/13/91)
:>>IIIP. HP assures me it will work, but with two "gotchas" - you cannot switch :>>the startup page or RET programatically ... only using the front panel. i :>>can live with that. : :>Anybody know if this is true of the LJ3 also? It would be nice to be : :This is true with the HPLJIII. RET control and start-up page options :can only be changed via the front panel. I havn't uset either, but the HP Postscript cartridge manual describes postscript operators "setdoret" and "setdostartpage" for controling RET and startup page activity. since I have the manual open, if anyone is interested integer setdoret ! integer 0=off 1=light 2=medium 3=dark doret !returns integer RET setting boolean setdostartpage ! boolean = on or off dostartpage !returns boolean on/off the RET setting is semi-persistant, while the startup setting is persistant (obviously.. ) -- -george george@mech.seas.upenn.edu
kdg@world.std.com (Keith D Gregory) (05/13/91)
In article <1991May13.084753.21863@pegasus.com> richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes: [someone else writes:] >>I should have a IIIP by tomorrow. Assuming my third party RAM card for the >>IIP works in the IIIP, I can report on the HP/Adobe PS Cart with the >>IIIP. HP assures me it will work, but with two "gotchas" - you cannot switch >>the startup page or RET programatically ... only using the front panel. i >>can live with that. > >Anybody know if this is true of the LJ3 also? It would be nice to be >able to turn off the RET (resolution enhancement) on some things. Some >bitmaps look slightly better without it. According the the manual enclosed with the HP PostScript card, "setdoret" allows you to change the RET setting (including turning it off), "setdostartpage" allows you turn the startup page on or off. -kdg
schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster) (05/14/91)
>>I should have a IIIP by tomorrow. Assuming my third party RAM card for the >>IIP works in the IIIP, I can report on the HP/Adobe PS Cart with the >>IIIP. HP assures me it will work, but with two "gotchas" - you cannot switch >>the startup page or RET programatically ... only using the front panel. i >>can live with that. >Anybody know if this is true of the LJ3 also? It would be nice to be >able to turn off the RET (resolution enhancement) on some things. Some >bitmaps look slightly better without it. No. The problem is that the PostScript cartridge "works" on a IIIP by "pretending" it is running on a IIP. Therefore, Series III features cannot be switched in or out because the PostScript interpreter does not know they are there. However, since the PS Cart recognizes a plain III, you can adjust RET with the cartridge running. Don't expect HP to bother fixing this, btw. Current feeling is that Level I PostScript is a dead issue, and a cartridge-based Level 2 interpreter would be too slow. So expect an add-in board (like PacificPage XL) with built-in CPU. Mike Schuster | CIS: 70346,1745 NY Public Access UNIX: ...cmcl2!panix!schuster | MCI Mail, GENIE: The Portal (R) System: schuster@cup.portal.com | MSCHUSTER