Re: GS and Laserprinting

[lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu (LA County Outdoor Science School)]

khorster@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu writes:
> 	Another question:  Laser Printers.  What's the deal?  How good are the
> Harmonie drivers, what printers do they support?  Do I have to get a parallel
> card or something to get it to work?  What kind of cables am I looking for? 
> How much better is the printout?  Can the GS keep up with the LP dpi?  Is there
> an FAQ for this?
> 
My recommendation would be to get a LaserWriter that will let you print 
in postscript.  I have a 320.  However, it depends a bit on what you want 
to do.  My reason for wanting one was for DTP.  I have not had experience 
with the Laser drivers in Harmonie, but have played around with the 
DeskJet drivers.  I was not happy.  For text types of things it worked 
great.  But when I went into GraphicWriter III and did same DTP stuff, it 
wouldn't come out right.  The print quality was fine, but the location of 
objects on the page was not correct.  For example, lets say I wanted to 
have a horizontal line 2 inches down from the top of the page.  I could 
put it there in GW, but it might come out at 1.64 inches down when 
printed.  Once I found this out, I returned the DJ and ordered the LW 320.
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