Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 16:52:47 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint Message-ID: <20090528165247.665ae52c@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20090528220640.77ebc490.freebsd@edvax.de> 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> <20090528220640.77ebc490.freebsd@edvax.de>
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--Sig_/EpPSUNOh4v8jUYvhIrAFbiY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 28 May 2009 22:06:40 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >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. :-) Did you ever bother to consider that if the printer manufacturers actually formed a consensus on a printer language, some third world county or the EU would probably sue them. Nothing I have seen in 20 years equals the audacity of the EU. As long as no 'standard' no matter how arbitrary, stupid or counter-productive exists, they are in theory safe from the EU. Besides, nothing stifles development as tightly as being bound to an arbitrary 'standard'. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school. H. H. Munro --Sig_/EpPSUNOh4v8jUYvhIrAFbiY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoe+aAACgkQBvaKIJWWCO098QCcDy0vKux88Z3Wh0SO3Rz6pFsq lm0An35jwzyC+yzAYtiEBXjkpV499tFn =1N0b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/EpPSUNOh4v8jUYvhIrAFbiY--
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