Well darn it I wish they would-a done something like this for Canon
printers. How's come they're always the odd man out? it ain't fair!
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 16:02:20 -0500
> From: Jose M. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [newbie] More problems as if I did not have enough
>
>
> This is normal for printers that have insufficient RAM for the resolution
> that is being output.
>
> HP's are notorious for arriving without enough RAM to do full page graphic
> output.
>
> The first time a user tries this, he/she gets identical results and
> complains that the printer or computer is not working.
>
> You have two options.
>
> 1) Use a CUPS setting that employs HP/GL. HPGL is a "vector" language
> (somewhat like postscript) which "describes" the page to the printer instead
> of sending a bitmap image to it.
>
> This means that you can print with far less memory in the printer and still
> get high res output.
>
> However even with HP/GL you will at times have similar results when printing
> graphic images.
>
> 2) The better solution is to upgrade the RAM in the printer to a minimum
> which is 1.5 times the largest page you'll print.
>
> My HP4 Plus came with 2 megs of RAM. I upgraded it to 10Megs to get decent
> output.
>
> My HP1200C came with 2 megs of RAM. I upgraded it to 6megs just to do full
> page output.
>
> This is a "gotcha" from the manufacturer. A way of pulling in a few extra
> dollars while keeping the cost of the initial sale down.
>
> -JMS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vic
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 4:06 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] More problems as if I did not have enough
>
>
> Stupid printer again
>
> I could just throw it out the dang window.
>
> Now it prints half the page and then tries to
> print the other half ON ANOTHER SHEET!!!
>
> What is going on ??????
>
>
>
