> I thought IJS was also used to turn a raster into PCL, since IIRC some > non-business-class HP printers come with a stripped-down PCL 5e or > some such. > > I'm probably wrong again, though. I try to not think about the HP PDLs > too much. Probably it's not IJS I'm thinking of and some other cruft > from HP -- it's been a long time. >
there are some quite nice looking printers from other manufactuers that accept pdf directly at a pricepoint 1/2 to 2/3 that of a comparable hp printer. pdf is a spec. thus no shim required. - erik
