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From: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: LaserJet IIP Caveat
Message-ID: <897@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 26 Sep 89 13:19:05 GMT
References: <1989Sep26.000014.24359@NCoast.ORG>
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In article <1989Sep26.000014.24359@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
> Uh, Michael, may I remind you that laser printers, unlike ink-jet printers,
> are by nature *page* printers:  they *must* print a complete page at a time.
> You can't "band" output without doing some kind of hackery like running the
> page through the printer multiple times... which is not only annoying, but
> will probably leave toner all over the important parts of the printer in short
> order, necessitating expensive repairs.

Uh, Brandon, may I remind YOU that the DeskJet and LaserJet printers
use the same PCL commmand language and logically work much the same
as far as the driver is concerned. In fact the MacPrint driver we use
with our DeskJet also works with all the LaserJet models as well. The
banding that I described is done with them as well. Of course the
nonsense about running paper through multiple times is completely
unnecessary with either the DeskJet or LaserJet! In addition, it also
goes without saying that with most laser printers you do NOT have to
compose an entire page in the printer's memory before you're able to
print out anything. I don't even think this is necessary with a
Postscript printer, although I may be wrong about that case.

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Michael Connick    mec@mtfmi.ATT.COM    201-957-3057
AT&T Bell Labs     MT 3F-113	        (Dept. 79153)