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Article #208Re: Using Ps with a non PS laser printer
From: Dan Coby
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:52
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:52
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P.C. wrote: > On 8 Mar., 19:15, Helge Blischke <h.blisc...@acm.org> wrote: >> per.cor...@privat.dk wrote: >>> Hi, I replaced my stock of old inkjet printers with a new bw laser >>> printer, a Brother HL 2030. Now I wonder if there are some freeware >>> processor to be found so I can use this printer as if it had a build >>> in PS firmware. -- Thank's >>> P.C. >> Look atwww.linuxprintingorg (this is the old URL for the open printing >> database) for that printer. If it is listed there, you'll learn how to print >> PostScript jobs on that printer. >> >> Helge > > Sorry engish is not my prime language, -- what I want is to brush up > my ability for recursive programming, and what is better for that than > P.S. > But the problem with this priner is that it is a plain laser printer, > without I guess a P.S. post processor. So I am looking for software to > simulate the postScript features with various more expensive laser > printers. --- Like the option to send a few lines of recursive code > for a fractal to the printer. > Thank's If you are simply trying to learn to use Postscript, then download a copy of Ghostscript (www.ghostscript.com) and use that. It will display the result on your display and save you from wasting paper in your printer.
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