From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 13 06:45:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA00347 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 06:45:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA00340; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 06:45:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id BAA06105; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 01:15:04 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703131445.BAA06105@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Poscript on an Brother HL760 ? In-Reply-To: from "Alex.Boisvert" at "Mar 13, 97 09:35:15 am" To: boia01@pollux.GEL.USherb.CA (Alex.Boisvert) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 01:15:03 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, james@nexis.net, questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Alex.Boisvert stands accused of saying: > > > I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has had any luck getting postcript > > > output working on a Brother HL-760 printer. > > > > The short answer: don't bother. > > > > Just to let you know that I set up my HP LasetJet III (with a PacificPage > PostScript emulation cartridge) ... > I do not use ghostscript nor apsfilter and the printing is excellent. As > you mentioned, the printing is slower than PCL5 but faster than using > ghostscript... I never complained about the print quality, when it works at all. I have an HP3 here, and a genuine HP Laserjet III Postscript cartridge. Unless the PacificPage cart has some snazzy hardware in it, my verdict on the speed af a 16MHz 68000 rendering postscript stands; it sucks when compared against the sort of performance you get out of ghostscript on just about anything else. Note that to get any sort of decent throughput to the LJ3, you want to turn the tiff compression _on_. > Alex. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[