On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 9:03 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Len Lawrence wrote: > >On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 10:54:11 +0000 > > > >John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Len Lawrence wrote: > > > >Thanks for your comments John. I agree that printing is a complex issue > >which probably explains why LX Format has not replied. If in two years > >research I have not been able to find an explanation of how CUPS deals > >with PostScript fonts then they probably cannot afford the time to follow > >up my query. It is obviously not something anybody can answer off the > >top of their head. So I will continue poking around. > > > >Thanks also for the information re PCL5 and PCL3. I had not come across > > that. The printer is an HP Deskjet 940C by the way. > > HP deskjet940C ought to be supported, most of the HP > inkjet printers are. I have an old HP670C which works > quite well, but is a very noisy shake rattle and roll > printer, compared to my Lexmark Z51 + Z52's. I would > be surprized if HP 940C is not supported, or have I > misunderstood, perhaps it does work but you need more fonts ? > IIRC the 940 is a slower version of the 990, which I use. I have no problems per se, but different programs have different capabilities in handling fonts and complex layouts. Have you tried the same output in a different package? It would tell you, perhaps, whether that is the source of your problem. Oddly enough I find OO.o better on my system than SO6 in handling these things.
Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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