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From: flavio@cflav.sublink.org (Flavio Casetta)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Comparison between Canon Bubblejets & HP Deskjets?
Date: 18 Nov 92 09:07:43 GMT
Organization: Flavio Casetta, Reg'd HP ISV & OEM of handheld computers.

01judge1@ac.dal.ca writes:

> Hello, does anyone who owns a Canon BJ300 or BJ330 bubblejet printer care
> to comment on its performance and output quality?
> Also , any opinions on which is better , Canon bubblejets or HP Deskjets?
> I'm figuring out which is best to buy...


I am an owner of a BJ300.
I am quite satisfacted of it both for the speed and the quality of the 
printout.
Much depends on the quality of the paper you are using.
I say 'much' because these printers work really fine provided you use 
paper of good quality.
Paradoxically the paper sold by Canon (for laser-copyers) is poor for
the BJs. After many experimentations I found out that Xerox 3R90008 is
the best of all (at least in the neighbors).

The only problem of Canon BJs is that they are too fast !
I mean that when you print pages in High Quality mode, bold prints may not
dry out in time for receiving the next page, causing sometimes spots of ink
here and there.
A possible solution is to set High Speed mode which uses half the ink as
suggested for graphics characters on the manual.

Anyway the quality of in HQ mode is astonishing.
On the other hand the documentation provided is not so clear and when Canon
claims that the BJ300 may print on A3 size sheets is telling a half-truth.

In effect you can print on A3 sheets, but you can only adjust form length !

If you need to really print on A3 sheets, buy a BJ330.

Bye,

Flavio
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From: dmiller@dragon.tricity.wsu.edu (David L. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Printing to LaserJet IIIsi from SUN
Date: 18 Nov 92 04:02:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Nov18.040248.7384
Organization: Washington State University Tri-Cities

In article <18730018@hprnd.rose.hp.com>, k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao) writes:
|> Alex Gunjko:
|> > My question: has anyone (eg HP) produced and input and/or output filter for
|> > the LJ IIIsi for Berkeley systems such as the SUNs? If so where can I get a
|> > copy! HP have been of limited help in this regard ...
|> 
|> You installed the software from a tape.  That tape has a label on it.
|> If the tape label says it's version A.02.00, then that tape has HP's
|> supported automatic language switching filter program for Sun systems on
|> it.  If the tape label says it's version A.01.xx, then you need to get a
|> copy of A.02.00 (or later).
|> 
I have a tape for HP and it does not say anything about version A.xx.xx.  
All I see is "datecode 0592."  Does that mean anything?

-- 
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From: twk@faulty.che.utexas.edu.utexas.edu (Thomas W. Karjala)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HP Laserjet II => Postscript
Keywords: BIG bitmaps
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:46:20 GMT
Reply-To: twk@faulty.che.utexas.edu.utexas.edu
Organization: University of Texas

I have a CD-Rom containing bitmap images of papers from a conference.  The
bundled software allows printing to a HP Laserjet connected to the parallel
port only.  I have successfully redirected output to a 3.5 meg file and am
now searching for a way to convert this to postscript.  I have tried Hijack 
for the pc, and hp2pbm, patch level 3, on a workstation.  Both programs appear
to choke on the file due to it's size.  Does anyone have any suggestions?


---
-- 
Thomas W. Karjala 
Dept. of Chemical Engineering		phone:	(512) 471-4028
University of Texas @ Austin		FAX:	(512) 471-7060
Austin, TX  78705			e-mail:	twk@faulty.che.utexas.edu

From: k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:16:00 GMT
Subject: Re: HPIIIsi ethernet addr?
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers

Craig Williams:
> How does one find the ethernet address for an HPIIIsi?
> 
> Okay, got it myself.
> So, if anyone else needs to know, all you do is hit the online button, then
> hold the fonts/test button until the display reads self test, and bingo,
> its on paper.

If you have the card in hand, it's also on the bottom line of the label
that's on the chip in the lower left-hand corner if you hold it with the
network connections on top.

- Steve Kao
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: kees@echelon.uucp (Kees Hendrikse)
Subject: Postscript kits for HP-III
Organization: Echelon Consultancy, Enschede, The Netherlands
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:02:37 GMT
Summary: recommendations wanted for postscript kits
Keywords: postscript hp

We plan to buy a PostScript kit for our HP-IIIp printer. As there ar
several brands to choose from (HP, Pacific, JetWare), we would like
to know your experiences. Please email, I'll summarize.

-- 
Kees Hendrikse                                | email: kees@echelon.uucp
                                              |
ECHELON consultancy and software development  | phone: +31 (0)53 836 585
PO Box 545, 7500AM Enschede, The Netherlands  | fax:   +31 (0)53 337 415
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: tpang@fraser.sfu.ca (Tsui Ting Debbie Pang)
Subject: Re: New HP driver wanted for Amiga.
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:09:48 GMT

2fuiodium@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>     I'm an Amiga owner.  I use my color HP PaintJet for color graphics output.
>As an Amiga owner, naturally I'm very picky when it comes to color precision.
>Unfortunately, however, the darker, bolder inks that Hewlett Packard has 
>replaced their old inks with produce colors which are far too dark and
>saturated with Commodore's old printer driver.  Without extensive image 
>correction prior to the printout (which takes a lot of time and isn't 
>always effective), one cannot produce output which matches the screen
>colors with the old driver.

There might be some PD drivers for the PaintJet. I am not aware that HP
changed their ink.

>     I've wrote letters and sent examples to both Commodore and Hewlett
>Packard.  Commodore says that it isn't their responsiblity to modify
>drivers--they actually believe that it is the third party's!  Hewlett 
>Packard didn't write back--their noses are too far in the clouds, I guess.  

It is simply not true. Commodore has been doing some updates on printer
drivers, e.g. DeskJet series and LaserJet series. Somehow the PD and
third party community has been doing an even better job.

>     Does anyone know of a new driver for the PaintJet that compensates
>for the new, dark, bold inks?  Does anyone know anyone who could write one;
>I'd be willing to pay a humble fee for their time.  I would like to see
>a driver like the one for the DeskJet C;  One that uses the threshold setting
>to compensate for the new inks if you are using them.  HELP!

Why don't you check out some ftp sites if you have access. And also post to
comp.sys.amiga.applications, comp.sys.amiga.misc and see if you get any
good answers there.

Good luck,
David
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: dmcnamar@netcom.com (Dennis McMamara)
Subject: printinfo database?
Organization: Composer's WorkBench
Distribution: NA
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 00:09:11 GMT

I wonder if there is a database available of printer capabilities
similar to /usr/lib/terminfo/*/*, that is printers listed by
maker and model and giving the escape sequences to put the
printer ianto various modes. Seems like if there isn't, there
should be.

Thanks for your time.

-- 
Dennis McNamara dmcnamar@netcom.com
Purveyor of Fine Software: Composer's WorkBench

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: hawkins@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Ben Hawkins)
Subject: TRS80 Printer doublespacing
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:32:36 GMT

   I have a friend who was recently given a TRS80 DMP105 printer to use
with his PC clone.  Unfortunately, we can not make it single-space.
Whether we use PrtScr, the Print command, WordPerfect 5.1, or MS Works,
it always doublespaces.  The printer has 2 dip switches on the back.
Both are down.  I tried all 4 combinations.  Two combinations caused
double-spacing, 2 caused no printing at all.  Any suggestions?
   Please reply via e-mail, as I do not read this group.
-- 
Ben Hawkins		Ben.Hawkins@UC.Edu
University of Cincinnati


-- 
Ben Hawkins		Ben.Hawkins@UC.Edu
University of Cincinnati
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor)
Subject: Re: Comparison between Canon Bubblejets & HP Deskjets?
Reply-To: khor@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:35:37 GMT

In article <k4LFuB1w164w@cflav.sublink.org>, flavio@cflav.sublink.org (Flavio Casetta) writes:
|> 
|> The only problem of Canon BJs is that they are too fast !
|> I mean that when you print pages in High Quality mode, bold prints may not
|> dry out in time for receiving the next page, causing sometimes spots of ink
|> here and there.

Not my Canon BJ.  It only prints at 83cps :(.  But then, it's only a lowly
BJ10ex.  Anyone out there have a BJ-10 or BJ10ex ??  Please email me. 
I'd like to compare notes.

............................................................................
. Kyle Hor                    .    /       / _   .  Email  khor@bnr.ca     .
. Bell-Northern Research Ltd. .   /__\  / / /_\  .  Phone  (613) 763-2488  .
. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada     .  / \  \/ /  \__  .  ESN          393-2488  .
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From: k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 00:00:06 GMT
Subject: Re: LaserJet IV?
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers

Ted Swanson writes:
> It seems very quick at processing PCL info.  I don't have the postscript
> options, so don't know how good that is.

I've heard, but haven't verified, that the LJ4 @ 600dpi is faster than
the IIISi @ 300dpi with PostScript data.

- Steve Kao
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: romania@cs.concordia.ca (GOUDIE ray)
Subject: Roland DG PR-1012 compatibility.
Organization: Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:30:48 GMT


   Would anybody know what to set my printer options to to get the printer
working?  What printer does the Roland emulate?  I know it's one of the
Epsons, but which one?  Has anybody ever had this problem before?  Please
help.  :(

							-Ray.

-- 
Ray Goudie; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
romania@cs.concordia.ca			aa1412@freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu       ad278@yfn.ysu.edu			ap415@cleveland.freenet.edu
rgoudie@heartland.bradley.edu		usr5965a@tso.uc.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: mashton@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (M.S. Ashton)
Subject: Re: Comparison between Canon Bubblejets & HP Deskjets?
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 00:03:24 GMT

I found that the Canon,although having a higher resolution(360*360 > 300*300)
,produced rather streaky output.
Instead I bought a DeskJet and I'm very happy with it.

If you don't need the portability,I'd go for a DeskJet if I were you.
___
mashton@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
The best way not to be unhappy is not to have a word for it.

The opinions expressed are entirely those of myself and the little purple 
people that visit me from time to time.They are not those of my employer,
basically,because I haven't got one.

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: keck@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Keck)
Subject: Epson ActionLasers any good?
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:24:37 GMT

I'm thinking of buying an Epson Action Laser printer.  They're
supposedly HP IIP compatible, but are they really?  They sell
for about $680 rather than $800, which sounds good.  What's
the word on it?

Paul Keck  keck@athena.cs.uga.edu
From: dchien@ada.seas.ucla.edu (David H. Chien)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Wanted: HPDJ 500c driver sites
Date: 24 Nov 92 00:29:13 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles


    Does HP have an Internet FTP'able site for HP 500C drivers?  What other
sites carry such drivers?           
    david :)  dchien@boole.seas.ucla.edu
From: stevec@geog.ubc.ca (Steve Cumming)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: help with HP PaintJet?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 20:14:29 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: jaeger.geog.ubc.ca

I'm writing a driver for an HP PaintJet colour printer.
I'm having the following problems.

1) run length encoding does not seem to work as claimed in the FM.

2) when the colour palette is customized in 4 bitplane mode,
   images are shrunk to half size.

Can any one help me find a clue?
Replies by email gratefully acknowledged.

Steve
  
--
Steve Cumming		 boreal mixedwood dynamics and rogue
stevec@geog.ubc.ca				    ... how long you got left?
						    well how long do you reckon?
From: U59005@uicvm.uic.edu (Boban Miskic)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Paper sizes
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:10:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: uicvm.92321.101030U59005
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

Could some please tell me the "standard" paper sizes for
countries other than U.S.A ?  Is Europe on the same
standard size, what is standard in China, Mexico, and Canada?
Any help greatly appreciated, at least point me to a source for this
info.

Thanks in Advance
-Bob
From: tims@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HP LaserJet 4M PPDs?
Date: 19 Nov 92 11:07:33 CDT
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

Does anyone know of the availability of a PPD file for the HP LaserJet 4M 
for use with Aldus PageMaker or FreeHand?

By the way, the printer is great-600dpi output and a slick 8ppm engine!

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

TIMS

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: lsimon@paradyne.com (Lenny Simon)
Subject: CASI Colortron 3400
Organization: AT&T Paradyne, Largo, FL
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:07:22 GMT

One of my friends has a CASI Colortron 3400
printer she used to print T-Shirts with. Now
she is using the printer for WordPerfect
documents.

She had it installed as a Genicom ANSI
printer and can't get Italics to print.
I'm wondering if it's the case that the
printer will not support graphics or she has
the wrong setting for the type of driver,
etc.

Any ideas will be helpful.

Thanks
From: craigw@fnal.fnal.gov (Craig Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HPIIIsi ethernet addr?
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:39:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: fnpm02.craigw-181192093808
Followup-To: comp.periphs.printers
Distribution: world
Organization: Fermilab - Batavia, IL
NNTP-Posting-Host: fnpm02.fnal.gov

How does one find the ethernet address for an HPIIIsi?
I noticed the manaul states there is a "serial number" on the ethernet
card.
Is this really the enet addr or not? Is there a way to get it thru
software?
I don't normally read this group, so please reply by email.

Thanks
Xref: sparky comp.periphs.printers:3361 comp.sys.sun.admin:8408
From: bruce@maypo.ai.mit.edu (Bruce Walton)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Apple LW-IIg and sun-transcript
Date: 18 Nov 1992 19:24:19 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: maypo.ai.mit.edu
Keywords: LaserWriter transcript


Hello,

I'm having trouble installing an Apple LaserWriter IIg printer using
sun's transcript spooling software.

First problem is that the printer (from the manual) does not seem to
support 38400-baud, unlike every other Apple LW printer I've seen
over the last 5 years.  It used to be that you could send these commands:

	%!PS-Adobe
	serverdict begin 0 exitserver
	statusdict begin 25 38400 0 setsccbatch

With this printer, these commands seem to have no effect.  Worse yet,
the manual has scant mention of how to setup this printer on any other
computer besides Apple (tm).  The baud options available (according to
the manual) step from 19200-baud to 57600-baud (not supportable by
SunOS-4.1.1).

OK, so we suppose that 19200-baud is the best we can do for now,
and proceed to set up the printer.

Second problem: Postscript files spooled to the printer produce an
error message "WARNING: Check spooled PostScript for control
characters" (and sometimes "printer out of sync").  This, even though
the postscript seems to print OK.  In looking at the code for
sun-transcript's "pscomm" filter, it seems that this error is
generated when the process sees control codes sent back from the
printer before the job has finished printing.

I'm confused about the compatability of this new model LaserWriter
IIg.  It was purchased as a replacement for an old LWII-NTX, which has
always worked just fine at 38400-baud using our (very ancient)
sun-transcript software.  Of couse, calling Apple tech support was no
help, since to them this is a non-standard configuration.

What gives with the IIg?  How can I make it behave just like the old NTX?
Surely the IIg must be backward-compatible with the old models?

All responses welcome!				-bruce.

----------

Bruce Walton	bruce@ai.mit.edu	MIT artificial intelligence lab
		617-253-9667		545 tech sq. cambridge, MA 02139

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman)
Subject: Re: color laser printers
Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:19:29 GMT

davidh8@pogo.wv.tek.com writes:
>
>The original request was for info on color LASER printers and I second the 
>comment from Canon in Australia, requests should be a little more complete.

Just to set the record straight the comment was NOT from Canon. It was
from someone who happens to work them (me:-) Canon don't pay people to
read netnews!

>Most of the printers mentioned so far are NOT laser printers (Canon being
>the exception).  A lot of people say laser but mean PostScript.  There are
>five basic types of color printers, aqueous ink jet, solid ink jet, thermal
>wax, dye sublimation and laser.  Each one has it's pros and cons depending
>on type of use, required media and cost (purchase and consumables).  Which
>one is best is a very open ended question.

Well put.
-- 
Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)
From: craigw@fnal.fnal.gov (Craig Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HPIIIsi ethernet addr?
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:14:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: fnpm02.craigw-181192101340
Followup-To: comp.periphs.printers
Distribution: world
Organization: Fermilab - Batavia, IL
NNTP-Posting-Host: fnpm02.fnal.gov

In article <craigw-181192093808@fnpm02.fnal.gov>, craigw@fnal.fnal.gov
(Craig Williams) wrote:
> 
> How does one find the ethernet address for an HPIIIsi?
> I noticed the manaul states there is a "serial number" on the ethernet
> card.
> Is this really the enet addr or not? Is there a way to get it thru
> software?
> I don't normally read this group, so please reply by email.
> 
Okay, got it myself. Noticed in a Paintjet 300XL manual, that it should be
on the self test page, although it was not pictured in the manual on the
LJ3 page.
So, if anyone else needs to know, all you do is hit the online button, then
hold the fonts/test button until the display reads self test, and bingo,
its on paper.
From: k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:01:53 GMT
Subject: Re: Printing to LaserJet IIIsi from SUN
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4 and Beyond
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:19:51 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

Rick Marsico (RICK@ysub.ysu.edu) wrote:

> Has HP indicated any time frame as to when an HP 4D or 4Si type
> LaserJet will be generally available.

With respect to a "4D", I'm not aware of any official statements by HP, and
the information I hear inside the company is inconsistent.  Consequently, as
much as I would have like to have true 600 dpi, and the ability to add fast
PostScript (if I need it), I just yesterday took delivery of a LaserJet-IIID.
It is a dramatic improvement over the borrowed 2D I had been using.

I have heard nothing about a "4si", but then I hadn't made any inquiries
either, since a 3si is more printer than I need.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
supplied without warranty of any kind.
Xref: sparky comp.periphs.printers:3329 comp.lang.postscript:5547
From: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: double sided printing
Date: 16 Nov 1992 17:23:17 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Distribution: inet
Reply-To: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu



I am interested in printing double sided pages on a DEC Printserver20.
What postscript commands would I have to add to, say a generated
multi-page ps file from a typical word processor, to get it to print
double sided????


Thanx in advance

-- 
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