Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 16:43:18 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: james@nexis.net (James FitzGibbon) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Poscript on an Brother HL760 ? Message-ID: <199703130613.QAA02843@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970312234251.2974A-100000@nexis.net> from James FitzGibbon at "Mar 12, 97 11:46:22 pm"
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James FitzGibbon stands accused of saying: > > I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has had any luck getting postcript > output working on a Brother HL-760 printer. The short answer: don't bother. > Suggestions are appreciated. The long answer; if the printer supports a decent bitmap emulation (CAPSL, PCL5 etc.), use ghostscript and apsfilter. Most 'postscript' printers are slow and stupid. Ghostscript OTOH gets to run on your CPU (how many Pentium-powered printers?) and you can update it as postscript conventions change. > j. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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