Re: Printer

From	Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: Printer
Date	2012-03-19 12:58 +0000
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Message-ID	<5272e736cfalan_calder@o2.co.uk> (permalink)
References	<5272611ca3dave@triffid.co.uk> <527264ff3fchrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> <5272750baadave@triffid.co.uk> <52727be2c4chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net>

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In article <52727be2c4chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net>,
   Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <5272750baadave@triffid.co.uk>,
>    Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <527264ff3fchrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net>,
> >    Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> wrote:
> > > In article <5272611ca3dave@triffid.co.uk>,
> > >    Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > Unfortunately. Shift + Select click, PostScript Configuration
> > > > window doesn't have any option to control the resolution, so it
> > > > prints at max res all the time (Very wasty on toner).

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> As I said above - PS has no concept of resolution - it prints at the
> resolution of the laser engine (even if it may now be a LED or
> whatever, rather than a true laser). It's all done by the cpu in the
> printer. In the old days laser printers (eg Apple) used a fixed
> resolution of 300 dpi. Modern ones probably are not very different,
> maybe 600 now. You will not get the quoted resolutions of 1440 or
> 2880 of inkjet printers, which is why most consumer colour laser
> printers cannot do photoreal printing as well.

My ageing Kyocera FS-3750 can be set to print at resolutions of 300, 600,
1200 dpi.  There may be other possibilities, 150dpi,  but without hunting
out the old manual I can't remember.

At some point in the past I set it to 1200dpi and just left it there. 
Doesn't seem to use significantly more toner than 600dpi but I don't print
large areas of solid black!  I did use it at lower resolutions, maybe that
150dpi was possible, when I needed to make hard-copy for offset-litho
purposes as the lower dpi count was vital to stop the offset printed images
being too contrasty. or blocking-up.

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!

Cheers

Alan

-- 
Alan Calder, Milton Keynes, UK.

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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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