Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 05:20:32 -0600 (MDT) From: bgingery@gtcs.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ports/4281: Port submitted "pclcomp" Message-ID: <199708121120.FAA06554@home.gtcs.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199708121130.EAA16935@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4281 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Compress pcl graphics files - this is an OLD utility >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 12 04:30:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bruce Gingery >Organization: Advanced Integrators, LC >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 >Environment: I've got a DeskJet 660c that is INCREDIBLY slow printing from GhostScript, as a cdjcolor, and doesn't seem to want to listen to other cdj-machine variants. (approx 45 minutes per .5 cm!) full-width. That's not a problem when there's no HURRY ... because it just sits in the background, BUT ... it's a pain when I know that the printer is supposed to do several PPM, and did, with HP "supported" drivers under WinDoze. >Description: This volume30 comp.sources.misc utility optimizes compression for graphics in PCL. It operates directly on PCL data. Written by Tony Parkhurst of HP - San Diego when the LaserJet IIISi, DeskJet 500 C, and PaintJet XL were current. Perhaps someone would like to graft in the type-9 compression and decompression that is current on most HP printers? To be fair, my printer is pretty slow with plaintext, too... so I may have some lpt0 driver mismatch problems. The printer is PnP and not being probed past the port. Maybe it'd run better polled than IRQ driven. OTOH, that's deeper than I want to take time to go at present. As much as possible, I'm a paperless person, anyways. Yet my year-old printer *does* support the 4 compression methods that this port uses for its optimization, and it'll likey demo techniques for something really good. >How-To-Repeat: Make the port. >Fix: Make the port. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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