Re: Seek collaboration on dvi-to-PCL (HP LaserJets etc) driver writing.

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From: Bo Thide'
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 08:16

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I should add that "dvi2pcl" is based on an older driver ("pk_dvilj",
written by Helmut Kopka, which in turn was based on an older version
from Texas A&M, originally written in Pascal) so it has been used by a
number of people for many years.  What I have done is to clean up the
code quite considerably and prepared for upgrades to PCL5.  The present
version of "dvi2pcl" works OK with LaserJet+, LaserJetII, LaserJetIIP,
and LaserJetIIIP but it does not yet utilize all the fancy capabilities
available in the LJIIIP.

The popular "dvi", written in C++ by Parag Patel, is much slower in
comparison (typically 4 to 5 times slower) and does not support all the
things I need.  Also, it does not work well together with 'pclcomp'.

Bo

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