On Saturday 14 February 2004 10:52 pm, Steve Jacobs wrote: > You can also export as pdf or postscript, then send that to the printer > via ghostscript. Your command line will look something like: > > gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=lj5mono -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dDITHERPPI=85 -r1200 > -sOUTPUTFILE=\|lpr /home/steve/scribustest.pdf -c quit > > The important arg is -dDITTERPPI=85 (85lpi halftone, change the number > to suit your needs). I think -r1200 tells ghostscript to compose to a > 1200dpi (or whatever) device, overriding the device driver setting. You > may or may not be need this. It seems to give me better halftones from > my lj1200. > > Regards, > > Steve
Steve, Thanks for the tip. My document prints out OK except that the -dDITHERPPI setting doesn't seem to have any effect on the outcome. No matter what I set it to, the resulting linescreen on the printout is the same. My HPLJ1300 does support postscript emulation. Hmmm. Wayne
