RE: [WinMac] WIN print: to HP then Apple

Parker, Douglas(douglas.parker[at]lmco.com)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:27:48 -0500

I should have noted that the HP4000 has a PostScript ROM. I've got a pretty
good guess how some of the answers to my questions might change when you
consider the PS ROM.

Doug

--
	> Let's say I setup a document in a WIN application and print it to
a > networked HP4000 printer. I save that document, then connect an Apple >
LaserWriter 360 via LPT1, install the 360 WIN driver, and 
	> print to the 360.
	> 
	> Will my document printout differently because of the different
printer > characterisitcs? 


Quite likely, especially if you're using a standard HP4000 driver which
sends PCL rather than PostScript. Many (all?) HP4000s have PostScript
interpreters built in, but for general purpose Windows printing most people
(including me) seem to use the PCL driver.
	> What if I point to the 360 but still use the 4000 driver?


If it's a PCL driver, disaster. If it's a PostScript driver, should more or
less work, but could get confused with paper trays and the like.


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