From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Oct 17 19: 9:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 889A114C13 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 19:09:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA17325; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:09:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:09:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: David Kelly Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WinPrinters (was Re: keyboards) In-Reply-To: <199910180105.UAA32778@nospam.hiwaay.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, David Kelly wrote: > Ok, time to change the Subject: anyhow as this is well past keyboards. > > As I said, it must have been backwards day, and it must have bit Chuck > too. > > I didn't question whether or not one *could* use WinPrinters. We all > know there are models supported by Ghostscript. What I wailed about was > that manufacturers are not providing their proprietary drivers for Un*x, > therefore such devices are presumably not being utilized to their > fullest capabilities. Then again am not aware of a GrafPort (such as the > Mac uses) or similar construct in Un*x allowing the programmer to easily > make use of such a printer driver. We all know about the existense of the extra-ordinarily unintelligent Windows printers and modems, I'm trying to find out about *good* ink jet printers that *aren't* in that class. I just had a friend shove that astonishing blowup of a 2X3" pic blown up to 8X10" size, on a InkJet with glossy paper, and I don't like the idea that he can do something, of that astonishing quality, that I can't. Any one know of a really dense (I mean, *much* better than 300 dpi) ink jet printer, that has a ghostscript driver? Maybe I ought to go haunt the Usenet Aladdin list? (I hate Usenet). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C programming, Electronics, 213 Lakeside Dr. Apt. T-1 | communications, and signal processing. Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD-current(i386) and (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD-current(Alpha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message