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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: <531@nrcvax.NRC.COM>
Date: 30 May 90 16:19:43 GMT
References: <17174@sequoia.execu.com>
Reply-To: neg@nrcvax.UUCP (Neal Goldsmith)
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In article <17174@sequoia.execu.com> keith@sequoia.execu.com (Keith Pyle) writes:
>The implication is that you want both PostScript and PCL.  They are
>mutually exclusive to the extent that with the PS cartridge, you can't
>use PCL and vice versa.  You can power off, remove the cartridge and
>power up again to get PCL in just a few minutes.  The reverse (power off,
>insert cartridge, power up) takes a *long* time to get the initial PS
>page out.  I didn't time it, but my guess is five minutes or more.  You
>wouldn't want to do that very often I suspect.

To cut down on the PS init time (and save a few trees :-) ), you can disable
the power-up page. This will cut the init time down to less then 2 mins. I'm
not sure exactly how long, but the printer is ready by the time my SE/30 boots
into Multifinder.

I would agree that switching between the two is not something you would want to
do very often. If for nothing more then the wear and tear on the printer.




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