On 1/20/09 9:07 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar of [email protected] sent
>
> PeterH wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 20, 2009, at 7:02 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote:
>>
>>>>> The Brother HL-2140 User's Manual, which is on the Brother
>>>>> web site, does not seem to make any mention of Postscript:
>>>>
>>> This is all true. But the BR-Script unfortunately does not
>>> provide very good Postscript emulation. I have an HL-5250DN,
>>> and though it's a great printer, it has a Xerox Phaser 6130
>>> sitting next to it for when I have to print Postscript.
>>
>> I didn't say it was good PostScript emulation.
>>
>> In fact, it is relatively poor PostScript emulation.
>>
>> If you want good PostScript emulation, you do not go to a Xerox or to
>> a H-P, either, you go to an Apple LaserWriter or to a Linotronic.
>>
>> In the 600 dpi class, a LaserWriter Pro 630 or a LaserWriter 16/600
>> delivers flawless PostScript emulation.
>>
>> If I have to have truly flawless PostScript emulation, I go to a Pro
>> 630 or 16/600 at 600 dpi, or to a Linotronic 300 at 2540 dpi.
>>
>> Yes, I DO have a Linotronic here in my home shop. Two, in fact: a
>> Linotronic 200P (the PostScript version of the Lino 200) and a
>> Linotronic 300.
>>
>> (About 50 years ago, I used to set type on a Linotype machine. The
>> Linotronic is today's incarnation of the venerable Linotype machine).
>>
>
> Ya, I just wanted to make sure that they got the message that
> the Brother printers don't do Postscript very well. Actually,
> the HP's do an emulation too, but it ain't half bad. Used to
> drive one of my old bosses crazy though - he was a diehard LaTeX
> user!
>
> Man, which I had a Linotronic or two! I used to do some DTP for
> work, but always had to settle for printing proofs on a QMS PS410
> or Laserwriter 12/640 and then sending it out...brother can you
> spare a...ummm...Linotronic?
>
> Stephen
Hi all,
Thanks to everyone, especially Stephen and Peter, for the rich lesson in PS
printing. In actuality, the discussion has proven what I needed to know:
that the Brother HL-2140 does indeed support PS, even in emulation (and
apparently, that badly). This appears to be a requirement of the print
server (the D-Link DP 311U) in order for the printing task, as assigned by a
Mac, to be successfully accomplished. I do not actually own an HL-2140, but
the LEM Swap list colleague who sold me the print server does, and having
the good fortune to have a PS-enabled printer made the server work, and
hence gave me a thumbs-up on the sale. I'm not so fortunate - my home
printers are not PS capable, and hence can't communicate properly via the
server, but now I know why, so I can stop beating my head about this :-)
Thanks again.
Best regards,
Dana
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