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From: jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton)
Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: FrameMaker Under HPUX (Any Users?)
Summary: PCL=Printer Command Language
Keywords: Which laser printers, which frame2pcl filters
Message-ID: <966@applix.UUCP>
Date: 28 Apr 89 17:22:49 GMT
References: <1747@spp2.UUCP>
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Organization: APPLiX Inc., Westboro MA
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In article <1747@spp2.UUCP>, ries@arcturus (Marc Ries) writes:
}    2) Are you using the stock FrameMaker "frame2pcl" (Frame to 
}       Postscript  Command Language) filter for printing?  The stock 
}       method (frame2pcl) seems NOT to be the most efficient method 
}       (i.e., not letting the printer itself process the PCL).  As an
}       example, a 20 page set of viewgraphs ended up as a 16 MB (!)
}       data file shipped directly to the printer.

Are you sure frame2pcl isn't frame -> HP PCL, the Printer Command
Language that HP printers use? If it is, be forewarned that PCL
bitmap graphic files can get HUGE, especialy at 300 dpi. Not only
do you need tons of disk space to print these files but you'll want
to run your LaserJet (or other printer) at the fastest serial speed
possible, or preferably parallel or HPIB/IEEE-488...
--
Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
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