I recently found that the paper handling for my HP LaserJet would only behave "properly"[1] with the PS driver, and not the PCL driver for some esoteric cases.
On the downside, I've since experienced a few "out of memory" errors on complex print jobs... it appears that the postscript rasterizer is a bit more memory intensive.[2] -sc [1] In this case a 4x6 piece of card stock fed thru the manual feed. The "guide tabs" on the tray force you to center the card stock when feeding, however the PCL driver acted as if the stock was positioned where the top=left corner of a piece of 8.5x11 paper would have been [2] And of course HP couldn't just use a standard DIMM module on their printers... Noooo... it's some proprietary[3] RAM module [3] Pronounced "Ex-pen-sive". > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:52 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Printing PDF files > > Yup. I've always found PS printers (or at least printers that have a good PS > driver) to have better output than PCL, even if it is a bit slower. > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 07:47, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Specifically “Display Postscript” IIRC. > > > > > > > > The NeXT cubes actually ran display postscript for their screen render > pipeline for exactly his sort of reason… output device agnosticism. > > > > > > > > -sc > > > > > > > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:44 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Printing PDF files > > > > > > > > In addition, PDFs (for text, at least, as opposed to embedded > bitmaps/jpegs) are internally encoded in PostScript, so the print/display > drivers are tiny PS interpreters. > > > > This actually is in the name of portability between platforms - especially > *nix. > > > > Kurt > > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 07:24, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Indeed. > > > > > > > > PDF’s are basically rasterized within the PDF program itself, and the > resulting bitmap is sent to the printer. > > > > > > > > Word, etc… send the text/font info to the printer, which rasterizes it as > > part > of the printing process. Vector graphics are passed tot eh printer as well, > altho bitmap graphics has to be sent as a bitmap blob. > > > > > > > > The end result tends to be longer print times and larger jobs… all in the > name “portability”. > > > > > > > > -sc > > > > > > > > From: Chris Orovet [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:20 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Printing PDF files > > > > > > > > When a pdf spools a 5 meg file can easily become a 200-250 meg file. No > matter what version of adobe ive used this has always been the case. > > > > Here is a 79 kb file that I printed as a comparison: > > > > > > > > > > > > It blew up to almost 400kb amost 5 times the size of the original doc. I > > did a > paperless conversion for my company a few years back. All docs were > converted to pdf or word. Word docs had no effect on my printers or print > servers. The pdf files slowed everything down. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Chris Orovet Technical Support > > > > O: (727)812-0276 Ext. 125 > > > > F: (727)812-0278 > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > Web: http://www.atsi-inc.com > > > > > > > > > > > > “Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this > > moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. > > There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning > > is serving your own evolution.” ~Chopra > > > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message and any attachments are for > the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain proprietary, > confidential, trade secret or privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited and may be a violation > of > law. 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Pausing a second or two between every 2 or 3 pages. The user are > printing text PDFs only. I’ve taken a windows print server out of the way and > still slow. I have tried different drivers like the latest PS driver, HP LJ > III, HP LJ > 4, ect but still slow. I’m leaning towards the copier’s CPU just being slow, > but > any tricks out there to help it along? > > > > > > > > Options currently set: > > > > Auto-Rotate & Center is off > > > > The only finishing is to offset the pages between print > > jobs > > > > Print quality is set to text (opposed to graphics) > > > > > > > > TIA, Mark > > > > > > Mark Scott > > IT Manager > > +1.919.232.5900 > > +1.919.232.5901 fax > > > > Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP > > 1500 Sunday Drive, Suite 300 > > Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607 > > > > > > > > > > IRS Circular 230 Disclosure: To ensure compliance with requirements > imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any tax advice contained in this > communication (including any attachments) was not intended or written to > be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under > the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to > another party any transaction or matter addressed herein. > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or proprietary, or > trade secret, or privileged material. 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