Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:06:40 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint Message-ID: <20090528220640.77ebc490.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905282140400.61809@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <23711563.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090525154816.3cee4b9a@scorpio> <20090526144939.d21275c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <b79ecaef0905270909kd81dabcpf22289b7781c2885@mail.gmail.com> <20090527133706.1a6e4612@scorpio> <b79ecaef0905280413v28529afye2037e3c5cb5da0a@mail.gmail.com> <20090528083057.554dca76@scorpio> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905281434040.59970@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090528090941.1b39b676@scorpio> <20090528183141.107ff3e4.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090528170909.GA1841@phenom.cordula.ws> <20090528193719.97764c30.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905282140400.61809@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Thu, 28 May 2009 21:43:32 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > I don't agree it's bad idea of removing processing hardware from printer. > It's good idea as such processing is a blink of eye for today computers. in general, I would agree, but some BASIC FUNCTIONALITY should be brought by the printer itself, and if it's only ASCII printing, so things like % ls /etc > /dev/ulpt0 would work. For simple things, it's completely okay. > The problem is that there is NO STANDARD for raw bitmap printers. > If it would - then just adding this to ghostscript would be few hours of > work. Exactly, THAT's the problem. If all manufacturers would agree to have a certain standard about how printers can receive bitmapped content, everything would be easy. But as I said, printer manu- facturers don't intend to do so, because customers seem to like the shiny discs they need to spend some time with before being able to actually use their new printer. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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