[plug] printer still not working

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.fdns.net
Tue Aug 5 23:13:04 WST 2003


On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:44, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> I was under the impression that rendering was done on the host for
> most printers, especially inkjets, and also most non-Postscript
> lasers?

Should not be true for page-at-a-time printers. Even inkjets you get to 
send plain text to and they will interpret and print out the text in 
readable characters. LaserJets and the like use hp PCL, you don't need 
to feed them endless zeroes to make a formfeed happen.

Cheers; Leon



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