-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/23/07 17:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071023 17:07]: >> If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are >> postscript printers: >> 2070N: PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX >> 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX >> >> and these are the ports that they have: >> 2070N: 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet, Parallel, USB >> 5250DN: 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet, Parallel, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 >> >> I was actually looking just for the 10/100 ethernet ports to connect the >> printer to a switch on the little office network that we have there. How >> does this relate to HP JetDirect ethernet interface? And, er, what is HP >> JetDirect and wouldn't it exist only in HP printers? >> >> thanks, >> ->HS > > Forgive me; I misread your letter. > > The specifications you cite above do NOT indicate Postscript > capability; look for the term "Postscript". Postscript is a universal > printer control language which is a much-preferred alternative to > proprietary languages such as PCL6, etc. > > In general, text output in Linux is Postscript by default; numerous > other printer control languages are accommodated, but sometimes the > process of accomodation becomes rather involved, and doesn't always > work quite right. > > HP JetDirect is the generic name which HP uses for its ethernet > interface, which typically is a plug-in module which can vary from one > printer model to the next. > > My point (which I did not make very well) was that a printer with > Postscript capability and a built-in ethernet interface typically is > well worth the price, because of the time savings which accumulate > over the years. Configuring Linux for a non-Postscript printer and > making a parallel- or usb-interface printer available to other > machines on the LAN can be very expensive, if your time is worth > anything.
While having a PS interpreter built into the printer is nice, it is *not* vital. The ghostscript interpreter will convert PS to PCL without blinking an eye. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHHoA0S9HxQb37XmcRAp48AJ0fmdWHgfHl27TKovv/FiKhSoGExACfV6Bb v87G8n3wr1IzNmXt6yZ4hKg= =ssJk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
