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).
Is this a better translation?
> Historically, the two were rivals only in the sense
that
> they were rivals in /quality/ in the printers that
supported them back
> when computer printers were moving from the 9-pin, dot
matrix era where
> you got only the fonts built into the printer to the
present era of true
> translation of what you get on the screen to the
printed page.
>
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but PCL is a
Hewlett/Packard protocol
> used within their printers but popular enough to be
included as an
> option in other brands as well. As far as I know, it's
never been
> promoted as an independent tool for formatting
documents. With
> PostScript you have an intermediate file which you can
open in an editor
> and see that it's a page description language which can
be modified
> directly—at least you might want to modify the header
information. To
> the best of my knowledge, you can't do that in PCL. PCL
is always in the
> printer directly or by emulation and there's no
intermediate file to
> deal with. Many printers have it, although I doubt that
most of the
> cheap ones would these days. It could be useful if you
don't have the
> right printer driver for your particular printer.
"Interchangeable"
> isn't really quite the right word to describe the
relationship since
> there was never any attempt to promote PCL in that
way.
>
OK, that is the problem. I think in Dutch, and try to write
in English.
What my point is: you can't buy a PCL printer and think it
can handle
PostScript (or the other way around). So: PostScript and PCL
aren't
interchangeable.
Or even buy a GDI (Windows) printer and hope it can
understand PCL or
PostScript.
On the other hand, I saw Brother printers which can print
with PCL
and/or PostScript (as long as have enough money to spend).
> HB
>
Theo
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On 10/02/2007 at 16:55 you wrote concerning
Re: [PageStreamSupport] PCL or PostScript
HI Theo,
<<snip>>
TZ>> I'm not really up on the topic, but if Wikipedia
is describing PCL as a
TZ>> "rival" of PostScript, they should
choose a better word or clarify
TZ>> themselves.
TZ> Rival is my word. Wikipedia in Dutch talks about
(translated): 'The
TZ> largest counterpart of PCL is PostScript ' (I just
looked it up 
TZ> On the other hand, I saw Brother printers which can
print with PCL
TZ> and/or PostScript (as long as have enough money to
spend).
So that Brother printer must contain both a PCL engine as
well as a PostScript
one. Very nice!
Cheers Don (Green Dragon)
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