Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:51:58 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: mmead@Glock.COM (matthew c. mead) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low end PS laser, or inkjet/bubblejet Message-ID: <199509280751.IAA14443@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199509280456.AAA03968@Glock.COM> from "matthew c. mead" at Sep 28, 95 00:56:08 am
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> > > I've been needing a new printer for a while now, considering what > I've got is from 1991 - a Star Micronics 1020 Rainbow 9 pin dot matrix > thing. I'd like to retire that to line printer status only and purchase > either a low end postscript level 2 capable laser printer, or a mid to high > end ink/bubblejet printer. I'm leaning towards the ink/bubblejet printers > right now because PS laser starts higher than I'd like to spend. I know > that the HP DJ540, 550, 560, and 660 are all very well supported with > apsfilter and ghostscript, but from the reviews I've been reading, the > Canon BJC-4000 does a lot better job. And then apparently the Epson Color > Stylus II is even better. What I would like to know is whether or not > anyone's out there running either of these two printers, and if so, how > well do they reproduce a postscript document as prepped by ghostscript? I'm running an Epson Stylus color (with a hacked gs2.6.1 under FreeBSD 2.0.5) and it works like a charm. I have two test printouts escher.ps and colorcirc.ps sticking at the wall and they look fine. A bit a problem is the color trueness (dithering method) and I don't see any way to manipulate this other than digging into the drivers dithering method. > Also, how easy was the printer to setup with freebsd, and can you use its > highest dpi mode? Thanks for any pointers, recommendations, and help in > advance! Once you are familar with lpr setup it's an easy task. eps|epson-postscript|EPSON Stylus COLOR PostScript:\ :lp=/dev/lpt1:\ :sd=/var/spool/eps:\ :sh:\ :of=/usr/local/bin/gseps:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ :mx#0: > /usr/local/bin/gseps: #!/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=escp2cfs2 -r360 -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- - > -matt > > -- > Matthew C. Mead > > mmead@Glock.COM | Network Administration and Software Development > http://www.Glock.COM/~mmead/ | Consulting: BizNet Technologies -> mmead@bnt.com > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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