From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 3 10:17:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA05599 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 May 1997 10:17:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA05594 for ; Sat, 3 May 1997 10:17:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id KAA04819; Sat, 3 May 1997 10:19:13 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 10:19:13 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199705031619.KAA04819@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: Anthony Hill CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Postscript on a bubblejet In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Anthony Hill writes: > I'm about to purchase a printer - it needs to be cheap, and I need to be > able to print postscript. I belive something pretty workable can be done > using ghostscript as a filter talking to non-postscript printers. > > So the question is - has anyone used either the HP Deskjet 400 or the > Cannon BJC-210 with ghostscript with acceptable results ? I'm using ghostscript and apsfilter to print postscript on my Epson Stylus 300, which I bought a couple of years ago for $99. In my opinion, this is the best $99 postscript printer you can buy! ;^) At 300x300 dpi, or 360x360 dpi on the Epsons, the postscript output is quite readable, but not what you would call beatiful. Careful choice of fonts will help the output look better; sans-serif fonts seem to do better IMHO. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com