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DJ500 compression mode 3 (was Re: filters)

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From: Alex Martelli
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:33
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spedpr@thor.CArdiff.ac.UK (Paul Richards) writes:
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:>As an aside, does the deskjet 500 really have mode 3 compression. It's
:>not listed in the manual?

But it is - DeskJet 500 Printer Technical Reference Manual (HP Part
number, as well as reorder number, C2106-90030), pages 8-18 to 8-23.

The manual is costly, well-written, slim, and unfortunately omits any
mention of font downloading (not a big loss for GS, actually, although
it might well be for, say, a dvi driver) - but if all you need is
detail of graphics-mode operation, it might be worth its large cost.
-- 
Alex Martelli - alex@am.sublink.org - +39 (51) 250434 - Bologna, Italia
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From: alex@am.SUblink.ORG (Alex Martelli)
Subject: DJ500 compression mode 3 (was Re: filters)
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