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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">There are some models of HP printer
where the Postscript implementation is defective up until a
certain firmware revision so if you're at all
Postscript-dependent, you need to watch out for that. I ran into
this at An Unnamed Previous Employer that used hundreds of
different printers as output from a given web app - I tried to
greatly simplify administration by going PS-everyplace but certain
of the printers would choke. This set me to writing a script that
polled printers for firmware version and initiated an update via
FTP if needed.<br>
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As an aside, many years ago I deployed a COBOL app on VMS that
used a particular model of QMS laser printer. The developers had
to bypass the VMS print queuing system in favor of its own because
the app needed to switch the printer between PS for some forms and
native mode for others, but these printers would go dead to the
world for a while when a switch was made so the queuing system had
to have a built-in delay. Fun, fun.<br>
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On 9/10/16 5:20 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Foomatic! That's the extra printers package I was
trying to remember. Not gutenprint. foomatic is a giant
collection of printers and specs for cups.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 10, 2016 5:13 PM, "Jim Kinney"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>>
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<p dir="ltr">You are quite correct! I now recall only
installing it for use with gimp work in the past.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 10, 2016 3:59 PM, "Solomon
Peachy" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pizza@shaftnet.org" target="_blank">pizza@shaftnet.org</a>>
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Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 02:55:56PM -0400, Jim Kinney
wrote:<br>
> Some benefit from the gutenprint tool to get max
resolutions and paper use.<br>
<br>
That's not quite right -- Gutenprint is all about high
quality image<br>
printing, and only supports B&W on PCL-enabled
printers.<br>
<br>
Alas, the PCL code hasn't seen any love in quite some
time now.<br>
<br>
(And now, back to my quiet afternoon attempting to
reverse-engineer<br>
a high-end Mitsubishi dyesub photo printer...)<br>
<br>
- Solomon<br>
--<br>
Solomon Peachy pizza at
shaftnet dot org<br>
Delray Beach, FL ^^
(email/xmpp) ^^<br>
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.<br>
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