Re: Printers using free software only
On Sat 28 Jul 2012 at 15:45:44 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:17:22 +0100, Brian wrote:
>
> > Anyway: a PostScript printer has a PostScript interpreter; a PCL printer
> > has a PCL interpreter; a PDF printer has a PDF interpreter. They accept
> > print jobs sent directly to them in the supported language.
>
> And that's the key. No transformations are needed, no necessity for
> interpreting the input, it's direct. When the printer lacks from PCL6 or
> PS or PDF interpreter you're missing that capability.
Are you really sending everything as Postscript directly to the printer?
Nothing goes through CUPS? Could it be we have different ideas of
'directly'?
> Does your printer integrate a PDF interprerter? The ones I managed do
> not, just PCL6 and PostScript.
No, it does not. Does it need to? This subthread began with the
statement that
> . . . . a PS printer is also a PDF printer.
so, if we are to accept that, having one isn't important.
Incidentally, nobody sends PCL6 directly to a printer,
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