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Subject: Re: printing outside browser cuts off top and bottom of page
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:

> I was not entirely sure before today whether the 4050N could handle
> straight PostScript instead of PCL, but the test I performed using nc to
> see if it would print properly involved using pdf2ps and no other file
> format transformations, so it seems PS is fine in this case.

The LJ4050 is a great printer.  The PS emulation works well and it's 
very smart about paper trays and input.  Sort of the Douglas DC3 of 
lasers; I know of a couple with page counts over a million.

For further information on lpd and filters, let me repost the link to my 
lpd article, which I really should have posted yesterday but forgot:

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html