Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!hal!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: LaserJet IIP Caveat Message-ID: <1989Sep26.000014.24359@NCoast.ORG> Date: 26 Sep 89 00:00:14 GMT References:<887@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Distribution: comp.sys.mac Organization: North Coast Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, OH Lines: 24 As quoted from <887@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> by mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick): +--------------- | In article alms@cambridge.apple.com (Andrew L. M. Shalit) writes: | > I just found out that the default configuration of the HP LaserJet IIP | > (512K ram) is only enough to print 1/2 page of graphics at 300 dpi. | | Don't worry about the amount of memory the IIP contains. Our DeskJet | has only 16K of memory and it prints out complete pages of graphics at | 300 dpi using the MacPrint driver. +--------------- 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. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@NCoast.ORG uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu bsa@telotech.uucp, 161-7070 BALLBERY (MCI), ALLBERY (Delphi), B.ALLBERY (GEnie) Is that enough addresses for you? no? then: allbery@uunet.UU.NET (c.s.misc)