Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 22:47:08 -0700 From: "Ghulam Dastgir" <banta@ghulam.force9.co.uk> To: <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw: Printers Message-ID: <01be96ba$b68b0480$LocalHost@signup>
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Hi Kent, thanks for replying. Just to fill you in the main reason that I need a postscript supported inkjet is to allow for the printing of postscript files which are only viewable from Ghostview(right??). This is the only reason I require a postscript printer. The impression I get is that these postscript inkjets can be significantly more expensive than normal inkjets. Stupid question: is there any way around printing postscript files from Ghostview without resorting to one of these supposedly expensive postscript/injet printers (like those from Lexmark that you suggested?). Thanks again, Ghulam -----Original Message----- From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Ghulam Dastgir <banta@ghulam.force9.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 10:17 AM Subject: Re: Printers > > >> Ghulam Dastgir wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I use FBSD 2.2.6 and am looking for a supported inkjet printer that >> can also support POSTSCRIPT format. >> Can you recommend any models?? >> Thanks, >> Ghulam > >I thought you were asking an impossible question. Postscript and >Inkjet were not a likely choice in my mind. I have an HP1600c and for >$500 US I could add Postscript 2. The world is going to Postscript 3 >but that is a different problem. > >I was looking at PC Connection's catalog and found a couple. There are >specific model's of LexMark Optra's and Xerox inkjet printers that >have Postscript 2 built into them. None of the BJC, Epson, or HP >inkjet's are listed with PostScript. The HP's are usually rated as >having the most vibrant colors with a drop in resolution when you >compare them to an Epson. When you get to doing image quality greater >than 600x600 on an inkjet, life suddenly starts running very slowly. >The old rule of you get two choices of speed, quality, and price still >applies. >-- >Kent Stewart >Richland, WA > >mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com >http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > >Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR >http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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