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From: neg@NRC.COM (Neal Goldsmith)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet III questions
Keywords: HP laser jet tiff postscript
Message-ID: <530@nrcvax.NRC.COM>
Date: 29 May 90 06:29:21 GMT
References: <7277@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Reply-To: neg@nrcvax.UUCP (Neal Goldsmith)
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In article <7277@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> thorson@typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu (Bill Thorson) writes:
>  1) I didn't get the postscript card yet.  I ordered it before HP
>     actually started shipping it.  Does anyone know if HP has started
>     shipping?  That may be the reason I haven't recieved it yet.

Yes, it has. It is in very limited supply (and heavy demand). I got mine about
a month ago. I would think if you ordered it that long ago you should have one
by now. I'm still waiting on my Appletalk interface though...

>  2) I was reading the manual about the new PCL and saw that they have
>     added a compression scheme they called tagged image file format.
>     Does this imply that one can just send a TIFF file and the printer
>     will understand how to print it,  or is it mean that one of the
>     many compression schemes that are in TIFF is supported?  I would
>     love it to be the former.
>
When in PCL mode (requires the PS cartridge to be removed), the III can print
images send in RLE, TIFF, or Delta Row formats. See page B-8 of the manual
for proper codes, you most send an escape sequence to tell the printer what
format you will be using.



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