On Jan 30, 2008 12:55 PM, Harold Hallikainen wrote: > I think the printers themselves are just getting incredibly dumb. The > smarts (how to draw a character or whatever) has been moved over to the > "driver." It's the "WinModem" approach to printing. People want a cheap printer. Let the PC rasterize everything, and send it as RLE compressed raster data. The real scam is in the price of the ink/toner. Last time I checked it, HP inkjet ink was $6000/Gal. Depending on the printer, very interesting means are used to keep you from refilling the toner/ink carts. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist