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In article <52730f5a41riscos@mdharding.org.uk>,
   M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> wrote:
> In article <52730a345adave@triffid.co.uk>,
>    Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <5272e736cfalan_calder@o2.co.uk>,
> >    Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> wrote:
> > [Snippy]

> > > It may be that Dave's printer is only capable of printing at one
> > > resolution so maybe he needs to look for an old Kyocera!

> > Nope, it's capable of printing at 3 resolutions, and if using a HP
> > LJ driver, it does 5 plus Economode, which according to the
> > official manual does use LESS toner.

> > Blimey, even with ancient RO Printers & Drivers it can do 3
> > resolutions.

> Dare I ask the question: can you not then just use a straightforward
> RO printer driver rather than PostScript? 

Of course you can ask any question you like... I might not give you an
answer, but to illuminate for you...

That's what I'm doing, and have been doing from the start Michael.
I just reconfigured the old Acorn HP LJ driver to work through JetDirect.
It works, and so I still have the same resolutions as before, 150, 300,
600 and the Acorn driver does drive the print engine at those resolutions.

Somebody came along with the idea that I should be using a PS driver, so I
tested that idea out and found it lacking.

> I can't recall now whether your printer has a USB-only connection,
> but I've certainly used a USB>Parallel cable from my W7 laptop to a
> parallel HP5L printer. What's more I've even managed to do so using
> CCs' TurboPrinters thanks to Ian Hamilton's help. Then all you need
> to have done, I think, is set the printer up in Windows to print in
> economy mode. 

The printer can connect by either USB or Network, but as the whole point
of the exercise was to use it with all the computers in this house,
network connection to the LAN was the way to go, so we specifically bought
a more expensive model that had networking onboard.

> Could you not even have 2 RO printer drivers? - one set to output to
> the Windows <Printer> full-quality version and the other to a Windows
> <Printer_Copy_2> which is set for Ecomode? If you did set up 2
> Windows versions, then when using a Windows machine you could choose
> instantly which quality you want by selecting the desired Windows
> printer version in the initial Printers window.

That's what already exists here.
On RISCOS I have the Acorn HPLJ driver and the Acorn PS2 driver both on
the icon bar, configured and ready to use.

On the Windows side I have the official HP LJ driver for the 2050 series
printers, and I also have the HP universal PS driver installed and
configured, so I can swap from one to the other as I please.

> You realise that these are musings of mine, not technical guidelines!

Muse away...  ;-)

Dave

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Dave Triffid

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Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 12:34 +0000
  Re: Printer Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-18 13:16 +0000
    Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 16:11 +0000
      Re: Printer Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-18 17:26 +0000
        Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 19:06 +0000
          Re: Printer Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-18 20:45 +0000
            Re: Printer Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-18 21:39 +0000
              Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 06:21 +0000
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 14:23 +0100
                Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-19 14:15 +0000
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 18:53 +0100
                Re: Printer Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-22 14:12 +0000
                Re: Printer Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-22 14:08 +0000
              Re: Printer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 10:39 +0000
            Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 05:47 +0000
          Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-03-18 21:51 +0000
            Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 05:42 +0000
        Re: Printer Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 12:58 +0000
          Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 19:21 +0000
            Re: Printer Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 19:47 +0000
              Re: Printer Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-19 20:46 +0000
              Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-19 22:31 +0000
                Re: Printer Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 11:32 +0000
                Re: Printer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 13:26 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-20 16:20 +0100
                Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-20 16:05 +0000
                Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-20 16:07 +0000
                Re: Printer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 17:29 +0000
            Re: Printer M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-03-19 20:17 +0000
              Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 20:42 +0000
                Re: Printer M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-03-19 21:37 +0000
                Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 07:08 +0000
                Re: Printer M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-03-20 10:39 +0000
                Re: Printer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 13:14 +0000
                Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 19:07 +0000
                Re: Printer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-21 10:38 +0000
                Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-21 19:40 +0000
                Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-03-21 22:29 +0000
                Re: Printer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-22 17:13 +0000
                Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-22 19:01 +0000
                Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-23 07:33 +0000
                Re: Printer Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-22 20:34 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-23 12:05 +0100
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-23 12:08 +0100
                Re: Printer Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2012-03-23 11:39 +0000
    Re: Printer John Tytgat <this@is.invalid> - 2012-03-20 01:10 +0100
      Re: Printer Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-20 11:05 +0000

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