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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: HPLJ III with HP Postscript
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Date: 25 Oct 90 23:23:06 GMT
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Reply-To: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
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I hope this is a simple question..  My office just purchased
a LJ III with the HPps cartridge.  We are (temporarily) using
an old PC/XT to drive it.  I have to say I was pleasantly
suprised at how easy this was to set up (the hard part
was re-learning DOS after a few years)

I was somewhat anoid (but not suprised) that switching from
PostScript to HP mode requires powering down the printer and
removing the PS cartridge.  Actually restarting in itself isn't
so bad but plugging and unplugging the cartridge all day
is bound to cause some damage.  
 Thus my questions..

1 (easy) there must be a simple way to print ASCII files 
  with the postscript cartridge right? Something like the
  Unix enscript command would be nice.

2 (hard) We have one die hard WordPerfect person who has
  tons of HP downloadable fonts.  Is there any hope
  for us to not have to restart the printer each time
  this guy wants to print?  I thought that I heard of
  a PostScript program that emulated an HP (wouldn't
  that be neat to emulate an HP on an HP ).


 

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-george   @sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu