> >Just saw that my "juniors" were testing a LW IIg, 20MB int. these days on a > >PM 8500/120. Good results. They are on holidays now, so cannot ask, but for > >what I see now in the fast, they were using: >>1) Ext.->Printerdesc.->LaserWriter 8500 PPD v1.2 >>2) Chooser-ext.->LaserWriter 8f >>3) "A" folder->LaserWriter 8.5.1 >> >>Have no time to check their tricks now, but if you want I can mail the > >items, 100K, 644K and 4.8MB or burn and put them in the Overtoom-letterbox. > > >If it's not all that trouble, then please email them. Seems like a >very interesting experiment.
I have been experimenting with the LW 8500 ppd v.1.2, setting it to 20 mb internal memory. It works, but there is absolutely no speed increase even compared to a printer setting of minimal 4 mb when using the LW IIg PPD. The 5 mb or 8 mb upgrade setting don't speed up things either. I'm under the impression that my LW IIg is just operating as fast as it can get. I have downloaded a great number of fonts to a hard disk I attached to the computer. That made the machine considerably faster when printing DTP docs made with a whole bunch of fonts. The machine is now actually fast enough to be usable for more demanding print jobs. BTW Print speeds with OS X browsers continue to be lame on this dinosaur printer, even though I downloaded all those IE fonts to the hard disk. Luckily I don't print that many webpages ;-) It has probably something to do with the use of pdf technology. Some pdf files print very slow too, even when they seem to contain nothing but text. It must have something to do with the way these docs are generated. Marten -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
