ralph@uhheph.phys.hawaii.edu (Ralph Becker-Szendy) (02/04/91)
What negative and positive experience do folks have using the LJ IIP (with a postscript board or cartridge) as a low-volume postscript printer. Solutions like postscript boards for the PC are excluded, it has to work with any system. Typical use would be TeX output from various systems (usually DVIPS54 or DVIALW), some not too complicated graphics. My questions are: - What PS cartridge/board are recommended (I know HPs and Pacific Page), - How much memory is required for reasonably complicated jobs (the typical TeX output page with say a dozen downloaded fonts could be the average one), - What is the throughput on "the average postscript page of text" (it will be less than 4PPM, but wil it be 4 minutes per page ?), - Does the normal HP-PCL remain, and how difficult is it to switch between HP-PCL and PS - Are there problems switching between the serial and parallel ports with a PS cartridge/board, and more general: Are the PS extensions compatible with some of the multiple-serial port extension boards (I would like two or three serial ports, and even better would be if the printer were to switch automatically between the ports, without having to set up the port from the front panel every time). Thanks much in advance for advice. Ralph Becker-Szendy UHHEPG=24742::RALPH (HEPNet,SPAN) University of Hawaii RALPH@UHHEPG.PHYS.HAWAII.EDU High Energy Physics Group RALPH@UHHEPG.BITNET Watanabe Hall #203, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 (808)956-2931 -- Ralph Becker-Szendy UHHEPG=24742::RALPH (HEPNet,SPAN) University of Hawaii RALPH@UHHEPG.PHYS.HAWAII.EDU High Energy Physics Group RALPH@UHHEPG.BITNET Watanabe Hall #203, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 (808)956-2931