> On Sep 17, 2020, at 09:48, Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de> wrote:
> That answer [HP] used to be spot on until about the year 2000.
I concur. I used to work at a printer company that competed directly with them. Once I no longer had a free printer, i bought a *used* HP LaserJet 4MV in 2006. It had been refurbed by a guy locally. Basically, rollers and pick pads dry out over the years. It finally started leaking toner (due to recycled cartridges, I'm guessing) and I was tired of how slow it was.
Opted to go to a Canon, since they basically make the engine for a lot of other suppliers. I have not been disappointed (LBP6670 to be specific).
Granted, I don't use it with OpenBSD because. . . yeah, I hardly need to print from that (I hardly ever print at all, but the rest of the family sure does). However, I just tested it (and confirmed I haven't forgotten all my PS) by telnetting to port 9100 and sending
%!
newpath clippath stroke showpage
^D
And it printed the box. That snippet, by the way, is about the shortest way to test postscript (not in characters, but in remembering syntax :-)). Do NOT replace "stroke" with "fill" unless you want to use up all your toner (a guy at work thought it was hilarious when he first showed me how to do this).
Sean
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