On Friday, Nov 1, 2002, at 00:26 Europe/London, the pickle wrote: > ...which, after all, is the only reason inkjets are even still around > - because > they're far cheaper for colour printing than lasers, despite their > poor quality > on uncoated paper.
At least I don't need 3 men and a fork truck to move my Lexmark ;). > For text, give me a used LaserWriter any day over a sub-$200 inkjet > whose carts > I have to replace every month or two because they dry out so fast. Yes. But it your resume has a photo in like mine it don' look too goo in B&W. I also do a lot of work in Illustrator that requires colour drafts (no I do - really !!). Hence why I have an inkjet. > For photos, well, that's the whole point of this: gimp-print as a > print server > on OS X, serving up colour PostScript printer capability to 68K Mac > users. What gets me is OS X throws everything in Postscript. Are all it's print jobs in PS format before they hit CUPS? > BTW, never trust manufacturer drivers for ANYTHING unless there's no > alternative. Third-party drivers are almost universally better, > *especially* > on OS X. The whole reason 3rd party drivers crop up are usually due to manufacturers driver being poor. Hence WHY they are always better. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> "...you have a social security number, you pay your taxes, and you help your landlady carry out her garbage." -The Matrix -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
