MacOSX-admin Digest, Vol 39, Issue 26

[Chad Leigh]

On Apr 1, 2007, at 7:12 PM, don montalvo wrote:

> Chad Leigh wrote:
>> On Apr 1, 2007, at 9:47 AM, don montalvo wrote:
>>> Shawn Erickson <shawnce at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My 1st rule of printers and all-in-ones... get network capable  
>>>> ones.
>>>> -Shawn
>>> ...and avoid pcl (emulated postscript). stick to genuine postscript.
>> pcl is not emulated postscript.  Emulated postscript exists (and   
>> works just fine, at least in the printer I had that used it), but  
>> PCL  is something totally different
>> Chad
>>> don
>
> you're right, i should have said "pcl (and emulated postscript)".  
> but how you define "works just fine"? :) i would never recommend  
> emulation for a design/graphics/prepress environment.

Your original statement was not constrained by "design/graphics/ 
prepress environment."  I have never NOT had a job print and print in  
a reasonable amount of time with the fake PS found in my HP printer.   
I am not in "design/graphics/prepress environment" and for my needs  
it seems to work just fine.  I probably would have a more expensive  
and capable printer if I was in the fields you mentioned, but for  
every day use the HP 2100tn has been a real workhorse since 1999, and  
it gets a lot of use.

Since the original topic was MFD, your "design/graphics/prepress  
environment" was irrelevant anyway as those fields would never rely  
on a MFD for their output.

Chad

> too problematic and risky, especially when working with complex  
> postscript files (quarkxpress, indesign, etc.). hp printers are  
> cheaper so some design shops buy them thinking they're "ok" because  
> they can't get past the price tag. hp USED to use real postscript  
> but dropped it to lower cost and increase profit margin...and in  
> the process threw a huge wrench into the design/graphics/prepress  
> machine.
>
> don
>
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