Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!midway!chsun1!kusumoto From: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Postscript for HP LaserJet II Message-ID: Date: 11 Nov 90 05:46:57 GMT References: <9011032216.AA871@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.gen.nz> <125@cf_su20.cf_su10.Sbi.COM> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Distribution: na Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 26 We actually have this cartridge and its great! We currently have it hooked up to a novell server (netware 286 v2.15c) and using a remote non-dedicated print server software called LANSpool. The cartridge comes with some DOS floppies that include a program called Printer Control Panel, which is a small, 5k-15k TSR that autodetects your print jobs and switches between PS and PCL modes. Although we had to give the capture command some command line options (nt nff nb, no tabs, no form feeds, no banner) but the thing works beautifully, whether its a WordPerfect document, or what most hardcore users of the printer tend to do is send PS from our Sun via TRANSCRIPT, through MS Kermit 3.0 to the CAPTUREd port to the printer. Works like a charm. The speed is comparable to an Apple Laserwriter IINT or IINTX, although its kinda weird when it switches between PS and PCL modes (it does a self test in the new mode, which takes about a minute one way). At $300 street price or less, its definately worth it. Note: we have 4.5MB on our printer, but Adobe requires at least 1.5MB in the printer, and more is recommended. I usually use this rule of thumb: 2MB for single sided letter sized page and 2.5MB or single sided legal sized page. Bob Bob Kusumoto | Find the electric messiah! Internet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu | The AC/DC God! Bitnet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.bitnet | - My Life with the Thrill Kill UUCP: ...!{oddjob,gargoyle}!chsun1!kusumoto | Kult, "Kooler than Jesus"