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- From: rash@access.digex.com (Wayne Rash)
- Subject: Re: What good is more memory on a IIIP?
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:15:22 GMT
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- do-minh@suned.cs.yale.edu (Minh Do) writes:
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- >Thanks to all the netters who responded to my question on PCL file dumps.
- > The answer is to use "copy /b file prn"
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- >Here is another question for y'all. My friend has a Laser Jet IIIP which
- >he upgraded to 6 MB this summer. He wants to know what he can do to take
- >advantage of this. He is most interested in some kind of speed
- >improvements. I told him that he could download fonts and macros, but I
- >haven't a clue on how to do this or even how to write PCL macros.
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- >Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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- Word processing software and other commercial software that can use soft
- fonts normally has the ability to download the soft fonts to the printer.
- Having the extra memory will allow your friend to download more different
- fonts to the printer. In addition, extra memory also means that larger hi
- resolution graphic material can be sent to the printer at one time. While
- there are packages that can break graphic images into chunks for the
- printer, not everything can, so extra memory can make life easier.
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- Incidentally, the soft fonts I have include an application for downloading
- to the printer.
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- Finally, you may find that Postscript cartridges will require the extra
- memory.
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