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> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:56:39 -0400 > From: Glenn Burkhardt <glenn at aoi.ultranet.com> > > However, beware of printers that require the CPU to do the bulk of > the work. Just as there are WinModems, there are WinPrinters > (e.g., the Lexmark 1100). These printers won't work with Linux (or > DOS only machines, for that matter). > > What's the difference between a winprinter and a printer that requires > the software to essentially specify every dot? For example, the Epson > Stylus Photo EX does require me to specify every dot when printing > graphics, but I have a perfectly good Gimp driver for it (in the Print > plugin that Mike Sweet originally wrote, and that I hacked > extensively). Don't most non-PS printers require heavy CPU processing > for graphics? Or is a winprinter nothing more than a printer with a > proprietary, unpublished control language? > > BTW, anyone who wants to experiment with my modified plugin can > download it from http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/print.tar.gz. > > -- > Robert Krawitz <rlk at alum.mit.edu> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/ My definition of a WinPrinter is one that doesn't accept a file copied to the printer port. If one is running a DOS only machine, the command copy file lpt1: doesn't work with the Lexmark 1100. If one is running Linux, the command cp file /dev/lp1 doesn't work. But for $50, they have to eliminate as much electronics from the printer as possible. - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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