On Sun 29 Jul 2012 at 14:11:22 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:29:22 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 28 Jul 2012 at 15:45:44 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > > > >> 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. > > No? Then I wonder why my company paid the above mentioned $200-300 for > having a PS module installed in their printers ;-)
Don't ask me. I don't understand it either! Not for sending a PDF file directly to the printer, anyway. > > Incidentally, nobody sends PCL6 directly to a printer, > > I think "nobody" sounds too wide... maybe "it's not usual" but when you > only have a PCL6 capable printer and one file fails to print with the > usual printing system (File → print → printer driver), I assure you will > try with any option that is available. A reasonable point. The print file would have to be already formatted in PCL to get a useful output when sent directly to the printer. Convert with Ghostscript, I suppose. Having just done exactly that successfully, I'll have to withdraw the claim of 'nobody'. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120729153940.GO6660@desktop
