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Subject: Re: HELP: does someone use HP Laserjet IV?
To: tianlin@iguana.ruralnet.net (Tianlin Wang)
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 95 13:58:43 METDST
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> Recently I joined a company who has a HP Laserjet 4. I use dvilj4 to
> produce foo.lj. However, some characters are missing in the printout.

> Does someone have the same experience? I badly need help.

> Any hints would be appreciated.

> I have dvi2xx-0.51a9.

> If someone can tell me he/she has no problem with dvilj4 and HP laserjet 4,
> I would appreciate it, too.

	We have LaserJet 4's here, but they're equipped with PostScript
	support, so we, naturally, use that.

	We use dvips to produce PostScript from .dvi files.

	They work great.

	At home I have a LaserJet 2 compatible box and use GhostScript to
	produce PCL3 bitmaps which are then uploaded to printer.  

	I use dvips to produce GhostScript from .dvi, as GhostScript is
	asymptotically compatible with Level 2 PostScript.

	This also works great, albeit much slower than if PostScript
	interpreter were in the printer itself.  It is, however, no
	slower than dvi2lj approach, as the datasize which is uploaded
	is virtually the same (with restriction that dvi2lj might upload
	fonts and then use them, and be slightly faster, but more error
	prone.)

	The advantages of GhostScript use is that .dvi files, with the
	help of dvips, can now issue \special's which include .EPS
	graphics into the document.

	I could mail you my printcap entries and filter scripts should 
	you be intersted in trying this.

	/Alby

> Thanks in advance

> Tianlin Wang