[H-GEN] Laser Printer

[Paul Gearon]

R&J Stuart wrote:
 > I have heard mention a few times that HP printers only emulate
 > postscript and convert to PCL.  This may be true, but I have yet to have
 > trouble printing postscript accurately to a office HP printer (HP 4M or
 > above equivalents).

I can vouch for the HP LaserJet 1200.  I don't know if it's does an internal
conversion or what, but it handles pretty much any postscript I can throw at
it with grace and aplomb.

The following is one of the snazziest geek signature blocks I've ever seen.
It took several hours to print, but it *did* print, and it came out slightly
better than it does in GhostView...  :-)


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-- 
Regards,
Paul Gearon

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Tucana Technologies              Fax:         +61 7 3876 4899
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