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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] HP: Printing with the Illiterate
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:56:42 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d85dacbff61018abca658f90dbecebc6@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3aaafc130908141848n7a24547as64078c05e71c779@mail.gmail.com>

> I thought IJS was also used to turn a raster into PCL, since IIRC some
> non-business-class HP printers come with a stripped-down PCL 5e or
> some such.
>
> I'm probably wrong again, though. I try to not think about the HP PDLs
> too much. Probably it's not IJS I'm thinking of and some other cruft
> from HP -- it's been a long time.
>

there are some quite nice looking printers from
other manufactuers that accept pdf directly at
a pricepoint 1/2 to 2/3 that of a comparable hp printer.

pdf is a spec.  thus no shim required.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-15  1:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-14 10:04 Akshat Kumar
2009-08-14 11:29 ` Akshat Kumar
2009-08-14 17:15   ` Russ Cox
2009-08-15  0:37     ` J.R. Mauro
2009-08-15  1:06       ` Russ Cox
2009-08-15  1:48         ` J.R. Mauro
2009-08-15  1:56           ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-08-15  2:12             ` Akshat Kumar
2009-08-15  2:28               ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-15 15:12               ` J.R. Mauro
2009-08-17  7:50               ` Daniel Lyons
2009-08-17  8:09                 ` matt
2009-08-17  9:32                 ` Mechiel Lukkien
2009-08-15 10:58     ` Akshat Kumar
2009-08-15 17:50       ` Akshat Kumar
2009-08-17  2:55         ` Akshat Kumar

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