PostScript - Cheap printer recommendations

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Cheap printer recommendations

Mark T.B. Carroll

2006-03-15, 6:58 pm

Can anyone recommend a cheap monochrome laser printer that does a good
job of talking PostScript natively? Level 3 would be great, if possible.
"cheap" and "native PostScript" seem to be rare bedfellows, alas.

-- Mark

John Reiser

2006-03-15, 6:58 pm

Mark T.B. Carroll wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a cheap monochrome laser printer that does a good
> job of talking PostScript natively?

No, such a thing does not exist, except used models being discarded
by someone who is upgrading [to color, or faster, or duplex, or ...]

Level 3 would be great, if possible.
> "cheap" and "native PostScript" seem to be rare bedfellows, alas.

The sellers in the marketplace choose to ignore your desires, because
they can make more money selling to [tens of] thousands of others who
are not as discriminating as you are.

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Warren Block

2006-03-15, 6:58 pm

Mark T.B. Carroll <Mark.Carroll@Aetion.com> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a cheap monochrome laser printer that does a good
> job of talking PostScript natively? Level 3 would be great, if possible.
> "cheap" and "native PostScript" seem to be rare bedfellows, alas.

LaserJet 4M, 4M+, 5M, 5M+. Very cheap, Adobe PS level II.
LaserJet 4000/4050. Sometimes cheap, PS level II emulation.

Used, of course, but not too difficult to find.

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Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

Don Lancaster

2006-03-19, 6:58 pm

Mark T.B. Carroll wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a cheap monochrome laser printer that does a good
> job of talking PostScript natively? Level 3 would be great, if possible.
> "cheap" and "native PostScript" seem to be rare bedfellows, alas.
>
> -- Mark

There is little point in having PostScript in a printer now that
Distiller makes creating PostScript that runs on ordinary printers
exceptionally cheap and simple.

See http://www.tinaja.com/glib/distlang.pdf

The only exception might be book-on-demand publishing where all your
fonts and text could be disk resident inside the higher level PostScript
printer.

http://www.tinaja.com/post01.asp

--
Many thanks,

Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073
Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
rss: http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml email: don@tinaja.com

Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

Jim

2006-03-20, 6:59 pm

Don Lancaster wrote:
> Mark T.B. Carroll wrote:
>
> There is little point in having PostScript in a printer now that
> Distiller makes creating PostScript that runs on ordinary printers
> exceptionally cheap and simple.
>
> See http://www.tinaja.com/glib/distlang.pdf
>
> The only exception might be book-on-demand publishing where all your
> fonts and text could be disk resident inside the higher level PostScript
> printer.
>
> http://www.tinaja.com/post01.asp
>
>
Distiller does not run on all platforms.

Does Distiller run on any thing other than Intel and Microsoft?
I don't know the answer to that, but it does not run on my mid-range.

I use PS for A/P and Payroll checks, invoices, and for converting
archive data to PDF.

Interesting site.

Jim

Don Lancaster

2006-03-20, 9:56 pm

Jim wrote:
> Don Lancaster wrote:
>
> Distiller does not run on all platforms.
>
> Does Distiller run on any thing other than Intel and Microsoft?
> I don't know the answer to that, but it does not run on my mid-range.
>
> I use PS for A/P and Payroll checks, invoices, and for converting
> archive data to PDF.
>
> Interesting site.
>
> Jim

Ghostscript can sometimes be used as a distiller replacement; it runs on
just about anything this side of a KIM-1.

There are also web based distilling services.

--
Many thanks,

Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073
Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
rss: http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml email: don@tinaja.com

Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

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