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- From: "C.J Coulson" <C.J.Coulson@ncl.ac.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Canon BJ Printers
- Date: 20 Feb 1996 18:56:11 GMT
- Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike) wrote:
- |>
- |> Hi, C.J Coulson , on 16-Feb-96 18:33:14 you scribbled....
-
- No I never! Scrawled maybe, scribbled no :-)
-
-
- |> BTW do you use Post or print (postcript) to PSPRT: (is that still on aminet?)
-
- I`m using Post ATM, though I`ve just installed the new version
- of Ghostscript so I`ll have a play with that and see if it`s better.
-
- |> >page directly through FW. If the page is in landscape format, FW
- |> >slows down even more, whereas Post or whatever doesn`t. Basically,
- |> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- |>
- |> Yes by a factor more than 2x :(
-
- Is that ALL??? My only memory of landscape printing directly from FW
- was of it taking nearly 10x longer... You can imagine why I`m so
- much an advocate of the FW->EPS->Post->Printer approach.
-
- |>
- |> Hmmm, guess I'll try this method again then...
-
- If you can get it to work, you`ll never print directly from FW again.
-
- Regards
- Chris
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