experience with Xerox Phaser 6180n & filepro

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 06:51:19AM -0800, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
[ me: ]
> > PCL 5 is a strict subset of 6, no?  That's a network model printer: the
> > interpreter *has* to be on-board.
> 
> No, no, absolutely not. They are completely different.

Well, I'm glad I was able to give you this opportunity to clear that
up.  :-)

> PCL-6 is sometimes known as PXL (marketing must have gotten involved). 
> Its basic operations are closely matched to the basic drawing commands in 
> Windows' Graphical Device Interface (GDI), whereas PCL-5 begin its 
> development before Windows existed.
> 
> PCL-5 is text-based, plus escape characters. PCL-6 is a binary format with 
> elements of Reverse Polish Notation (RPN). 
> 
> I'm working on a PCL-6 translator, but there hasn't been much demand for 
> it, because programs like filePro don't output PCL-6.

I find myself unsurprised.

Eeediots.

Cheers,
-- jra
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