Re: [hpoj-devel] new I/O driver coming soon (second try)

[Robert G. B. <rg...@ph...>]

On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Judd Montgomery wrote:

> "Robert G. Brown" wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Judd Montgomery wrote:
> >
> > > Are there any drivers out there that are better than the cdj970 and/or
> > > ghostscript?  I really want to make this work if possible.
> >
> > I'm not sure about what you mean by "better".  My current setup works
> > perfectly well for text, and is a "faithful image" of color -- its just
> > that the colors and dot resolution aren't right for photo quality
> > output.  It is fine for primary color fliers and the like, not so good
> > if one has a 3.3 megapixel digital camera and had hopes/illusions of
> > doing photo art (or even simple, adequate, photo portrature of your
> > family).
> >
>
> I'd be happy with that.
> I'm using the duplex printing feature if that matters.  When printing
> text (postscript), it prints more than an extra inch of margin at the
> top and the text then runs all the way to the bottom of the paper.
> Sometimes I've seen it print part of page 2 on the bottom of page one.
> If I use gv, or gs and look at the postscript it looks fine.  So, it is
> the print driver doing this.

Actually, this might or might not be true.  Check the paper type
definition in your postscript setup.  I have to leave just now, but when
I get home I'll try to find just where that is stored.  I'll bet that it
isn't set to ordinary 8.5x11 paper.

>
> > What linux distribution are you using?  I'd be happy to share my
> > "current best" printer filter setup, developed for Red Hat, if that is
> > what you need.  If it is just a stair-step effect type problem, the Red
> > Hat printtool will fix that for you.  If you're not using RH, then
> > you'll have to take the filter setup and hack it and install it in your
> > own filter arrangement.
> >
>
> I use Slackware and just write my own filters in perl.
> I'm a programmer so I can hack what ever you have and will try that.
> Thanks.  You can send it private if you don't want to clog up the list.

Will do, when I get home.  Later.

>
> Judd
>
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