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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike)
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- Subject: Re: Canon BJ Printers
- Date: 18 Feb 96 11:19:32 +0000
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- Hi, C.J Coulson , on 16-Feb-96 18:33:14 you scribbled....
- >Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike) wrote:
- >|> I think printing could be faster on the Amiga though (talking about FW
- >|> here...)...but I am comparing 030 amiga to P90 again ;)
-
- >Have you tried printing from FW to a postscript file, then printing
- >the postscript file to the printer using one of the several postscript
- >utils around (Post, HWGPost etc. etc.)
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- Yes,briefly..but the fonts didnt look right. I now realise this was due to
- the "silly" nimbusQ (?) fonts supplied with FW.
-
- Anyone have a converter for nimbusQ ->Postcript type 1 ?
- I have lots of documents, and the "default" fonts are nimbusQ :(
-
-
- BTW do you use Post or print (postcript) to PSPRT: (is that still on aminet?)
-
- >In my own tests I get A4 pages with lots of text and EPS clipart
- >printed in about 90s, compared to over 400s when printing the same
- >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 :(
-
- >my printing times are now tied to the speed of my BJ10, rather
- >than the speed at which my Miggy can spit out the data.
-
-
- >Also, FW is now only tied up for as long as it takes to create the
- >EPS file, and at a few seconds/page, this isn`t long, even with
- >big documents.
-
- Hmmm, guess I'll try this method again then...
-
- >Ouch. This makes buying the all-in-one BJ10 cartridge seem
- >not so expensive...
-
- No, especially as you can refill them...
-
- Mike
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