Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnewsj!mec 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> Reply-To: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick,mt,) Distribution: comp.sys.mac Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 23 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. ----------------------------------------------------- Michael Connick mec@mtfmi.ATT.COM 201-957-3057 AT&T Bell Labs MT 3F-113 (Dept. 79153)