Re: parallel card

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

"Eric Heim" <chippys@earthlink.net> wrote:

>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
>> By the way, even with "external rendering" the
>> printer is still in graphics mode and using PCL.
>> That slows it down.  When printing in pure text
>> mode like from AW Classic or ProTERM there
>> is NO slowing down at all.
>
>I think this is incorrect but I don't have my deskjet or harmonie anymore
>(heck I don't even have my IIGS anymore ;) to check. "external rendering",
>at least with the 500c driver was sending a text stream to the printer like
>an 8 bit program, as Joe and I have already mentioned, IIRC. Btw, I was not
>trying to contradict anyone, I was just adding my $0.02  :o)

I might be incorrect.  One question though: will the
external rendering option print graphics?  If so,
that means external rendering is a lot like
Postscript.  Straight PCL rather than Postscript,
but the concept is the same.

This is indeed faster than sending pixel data, but
if you take a look at a Postscript file generated by
the IIGS LaserWriter driver, it adds a LOT of info
to specify formatting and whatnot (and the PS
data to draw graphics if graphics are included) to
the file increasing its size and slowing down
transfer relative to a pure ASCII file like from AW
Classic.  I suspect an external rendered PCL
data stream is similar in this way.

That's why I still think Harmonie external render
speed is not the same as AW Classic speed.

I could be wrong though.  ;-)