On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 10:41:30PM -0400, Faheem Mitha wrote: | On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, D-Man wrote: | > | probably find a specific PPD for your printer (or PS card), which | > | would eliminate the conversion to PCL, give you accurate margins, and | > | enable any features the printer has (such as paper tray selection). | > | > That's a nice idea . . . now where do I find such a thing? Do you | > know of any FM to R regarding the format and options in a PPD file? I | > did a little tweaking of mine file and changed "LanguageLevel" from | > "2" to "1". I relied on intuition and the knowledge that my old PS | > cartridge only handles PS-L1, not L2 or L3 so I was hoping that would | > help. At first I could only send pure text to the printer, or I would | > get garbage output. Now I can send PS (I don't think PDFs work yet) | > and get what I expect. | | Do you have a CD that came with your printer? Mine did, and I found a ppd
<grin> Nope. I got the printer used, when it was being scrapped by a (large) company I used to work for. It came as-is, just the printer and a cable :-). | file there. If not, you could look on the HP website (I think you said | your printer is HP) and you might find it there. I found a slightly out of | date ppd file for my printer on the web site, and a more recent one on the | CD. Yes, it is an HP LaserJet IIIp with a PS (Level 1) cartridge (that came with it ;-)). I should check their site now. -D
