[Coco] Printing on a Coco with modern printers.

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Jan 10, 2014 7:15 AM, <iggybeans at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >Modern printers have no character generator, fonts, scaling
> >capability, or *any* logic inside them. You cannot send text to them.
> >You cannot send PCL, PostScript , or anything that the CoCo might have
> >a chance in heaven of processing in some limited fashion.
>
> I don't know what "modern" printers you rely on, but there are plenty of
PCL capable printers on the market.
> And starting at under $200 they are not out of my budget range.
> That is why I mentioned Postscript in the first place.
>

You will find that some modern printers that are described as"PCL
compatible" are actually only PCL capable because their driver renders PCL
into whatever raw format the printer understands, so be careful when
purchasing.  Same for Postscript.  For example most HP business printers
come with drivers for PCL5, PCL6, or Postscript.  The printer itself
doesn't speak any of those standards, the drivers do.

If we are talking about "consumer grade" printers like the dozens of color
inkjets you'll find at a typical electronics store, then they don't even
bother to support a standard in the driver.

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