Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 18:03:17 +0200 From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> To: dave@persprog.com Cc: jgrosch@sirius.com, "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What Printer To Get - Postscript Message-ID: <19970516180317.27012@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <337C7366.4A93ABDB@persprog.com>; from Dave Alderman on Fri, May 16, 1997 at 10:47:02AM -0400 References: <199705160644.XAA21927@superior.mooseriver.com> <337C7366.4A93ABDB@persprog.com>
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On May 16, Dave Alderman <dave@persprog.com> wrote: > Josef Grosch wrote: > > > My HP Deskjet 500 does a very nice job doing > > postscript. apsfilter works just fine and you can spend you money > > other thinks like hard disks :-) > > > > Does the apsfilter work at all with newer HP printers like the 85x and > 870? The 500 is not made anymore. AFAIK, neither of these printers are > "WinPrinters". I just printed a few pages on my new 870, and I was really surprised to see how well it works with Ghostscript. The printer advances paper by a few centimeters (well, say by one inch :) per traversal of the printhead, if a B&W graphic is sent, and while I did not actually measure the time it takes to print a page, the speed feels much faster than that of a 4 page per minute laser printer. There are only three things I don't like about this printer: 1) The ink needs a few more seconds to dry, when the sheet has been printed. 2) Ejected sheets are not always correctly put into the output tray and I'm afraid of the risk of a paper jam when printing large files unattended, for that reason. Nothing bad has happened, so far, but I'd rather stay near the printer ... 3) From what I've heard, there is no documentation about high resolution graphics commands available for any HP printer. The printer's manual does not even tell about the graphic compression modes supported (but you can easily find them by trying all of them). This limits printing to 300dpi, while the actual physical resolution (pixel size on paper) appears to be better, even on plain photo-copier paper (I did not yet try printing on special color inkjet paper). Anyway, if all you need is a personal printer with good print quality and speed, then the 870 may well be for you. Does anybody know the technical specification of the 820's GDI interface ? The 820 seems to be MUCH cheaper than the 870, and if it was supported by Ghostscript, then I wouldn't mind, that it does not accept plain ASCII text ... Regards, STefan
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