>> As far as printing B&W text documents in Linux is there enough difference
that level 2 will not suffice..
I can *almost* guarantee that PS Level 2 will be fine.
Postscript is widely used in the publishing industry as a way to control
big, high-resolution image setters. They do color separations and other
stuff I doubt you'll ever use. Most of the changes have to do with those
machines, not the lowly laser printer.
Notice I said *almost*. If you are in the publishing world, you might have
to deal with someone else's Postscript files. In fact, Adobe is trying to
make the latest version of PDF an industry standard for transferring files
from any PC or Mac program to the publishing world. InDesign (a desktop
publishing program) will allow you to import and export PDF. So, naturally
Adobe wanted to change Postscript 3 to allow it to directly print PDF.
Bottom line: if you're not dealing with the publishing industry, Postscript
Level 2 should be fine. Save a few bucks.
Ken Elliott
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of SOTL
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 1:32 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] PostScript Level 2 vs Level 3
Hi All
The office printer is doing strange thing and is in the process of deciding
to go far north for the winter to the land of frozen movement.
I was just looking at an HP 1320 and an HP 2400 as a replacement.
Reading the specifications I noted that the 1320 has PostScript level 2 and
the 2400 has level 3.
As far as printing B&W text documents in Linux is there enough difference
that level 2 will not suffice..
Or, is there a such a significant difference in drivers that one is in in
preference to the other?
SOTL
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