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From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HP-Laserjet printing problem...
Message-ID: <18028@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 14 May 89 04:44:56 GMT
References: <14869@louie.udel.EDU> <606@lakesys.UUCP>
Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <606@lakesys.UUCP> mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) writes:
>The other solution
>isn't so much a solution as an alternative, which is to get yourself a
>DeskJet or DeskJet Plus, which is an inkjet printer from H-P that prints at
>the same resolutions as their LaserJet line (although quite a bit slower),
>but because of the printing technique, doesn't have to buffer the entire
>image in internal RAM before printing, and can thus do what the LaserJet
>cannot, which is produce a full-page 300 dpi graphics dump.  And for a list
>price of $799!

I recently ordered a DeskJet Plus (should be here this week...) and I
did a little experimenting with the deskjet printer driver, the
laserjet printer driver, and CMD.  It turns out that everthing I
"printed" (to a file using CMD) was exactly the same whether I used the
deskjet driver or the laserjet driver.  What gives?  I know the two
printers use the same "language", so why are there two different
drivers?  (They really are different drivers, too.  even different
sizes.)  They didn't do anything differently in the tests I ran.


-- 
Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP