Path: utzoo!utgpu!mnetor!george
From: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Laserjet Questions
Message-ID: <4717@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 88 14:55:44 GMT
References: <405@ucrmath.UUCP> <101870003@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Reply-To: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In article <101870003@hpcvlx.HP.COM> bcripe@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Brian E. Cripe) writes:
## If there is white space bounding the line, you can send curson positioning
## data, then send just the bits you need.
#
#Something you should be aware of with tricks like this is that it could 
#make adding support for other printers (even HP PCL printers) much more
#difficult.  For example, if you sent data formatted as described above to
#a DeskJet, it would probably take several hours to print a page.

Why would limiting the scanline to eliminate white space cause such
a degradation?  How expensive can positioning the head to skip white
space be?

Is it related to interference with bidirectional printing?
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Regards.....George Hart, Computer X Canada Ltd.

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