From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 13 01:27:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA21571 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 01:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news.netvoyage.net (news.netvoyage.net [205.162.154.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA21549; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 01:27:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from foo.netvoyage.net (foo@localhost) by news.netvoyage.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) with UUCP id BAA18479; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 01:27:41 -0700 Received: from localhost (bkogawa@localhost) by foo.netvoyage.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id BAA04821; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 01:26:01 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: foo.netvoyage.net: bkogawa owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 01:26:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" To: questions@freebsd.org, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Tip to improve print resolution w/ HP DeskJet 600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm starting a job-search (anyone have FreeBSD related job openings?) and so I thought I'd start fiddling with groff/troff to do my resume (so that I can learn something while trying to get a job). Reconfiguring my printer (it used to work... honest!) was a little frustrating, mostly because I didn't reread the handbook (after i did that, it was rather straightforward -- hpif worked nearly out of the box :) ). Unfortunately, the output from this configuration wasn't up to my hopes (I was using the djet500 driver, and was getting what I considered rather poor output). In trying to figure out how to configure my printer, I had searched AltaVista, and some people had recommended using the laserjet 4 driver for ghostscript ( -sDEVICE=ljet4 ) with the DJ 600 (they are 600x600 resolution printers). I tried that, and voila... instant improvement in print quality. If you have a Deskjet 600 (or maybe other of the newer 600x600 deskjets), you might want to give it a try. Standard Disclaimers.. Please don't blame me if your printer breaks. bryan