Bob Lunn
07/29/97 12:30 PM


> If you are using a HP Laserjet printer to print your
> HPGL-files you don't have to put them through a program.
> The printer can understand HP-GL if you send the appro-
> priate control codes.

     Interesting.

     When I first used 'printgl' it was to output
     to a Canon ink-jet.  The Laserjet came later.

     Using 'printgl' still has a number of advantages.

     First, it can output to an enormous range of
     printers from 9- and 24-pin dot-matrix, through
     inkjets, lasers, and color printers.

     Second, it will often output faster, or with a
     higher quality, than the drivers built-in to an
     application.

     Third, it allows you to transform the output in
     many ways (scaling, rotating, flipping, inverting)
     that the application itself may not support.

     Fourth, it allows you to preview your plot file
     on the screen ('printgl' can output to almost
     any standard video mode).

     Finally, you can often efficiently overlap
     actual printing a plot-file generation.

___Bob