Subject: comp.periphs.printers - FAQ - Part 1 of 11
Version: 3.09
Last-Modified: 1997/01/05
Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked
         Questions (and their answers) about printers and
         should be read by anyone wishing to post to the
         comp.periphs.printers newsgroup.
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 05:23:40 GMT
Archive-Name: comp-periphs-printers-faq

comp.periphs.printers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List

The FAQ is maintained by Brig C. McCoy who works at the
Southeast Kansas Library System. I appreciate any and all
suggestions for improving this FAQ. Please email suggestions,
additions, comments, corrections, etc. to me at:
<brigc@world.std.com>

Any changes from the previous edition will have a pipe (|)
immediately preceding the changed lines and in the Table of
Contents for that Subject.

Sections which need work are marked with a caret (^). Any
contributions to these sections would be appreciated. :)

Copyright (C) 1997 by Brig C. McCoy.

This FAQ may be reproduced anywhere for any reason. 'Course
we'll think more highly of you if you send us any changes
and/or additions you make for your own use so we can consider
adding them to the FAQ for the whole community!

This document is posted to the newsgroup comp.periphs.printers
on or about the 25th of each month, at least when I remember!

With the apparent loss of Arthur Muller's web site, the
official HTML version is now on Blue Skyways, the Kansas
State Library's web site:
| <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/sekls/staff/brigc/printer>

| For those in Europe, Johannes Schmidt-Fischer has rather
| generously agreed to provide a mirror of the HTML version
| at: <http://www.ifconnection.de/~jsf/printers> as of
| approximately 10 Jan 1997.
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Subject: 00 Table of Contents

   Subject: 01 Introduction
   Subject: 02 Printer Classification
   Subject: 02.01 Dot-Matrix Printers (Impact Printers)
   Subject: 02.02 Daisywheel printers and Typewriters
   Subject: 02.03 InkJet Printers
|  Subject: 02.04 Laser and LED Printers
   Subject: 02.05 Color Printers
   Subject: 02.06 Other Printer Types
   Subject: 03 Printer Languages or Emulations
   Subject: 03.01 HP PCL and PJL
|  Subject: 03.02 PostScript
   Subject: 03.03 Epson ESC/P, ESC/P2
   Subject: 03.04 IBM Proprinter
   Subject: 03.05 Other Emulations
   Subject: 04 Printer Interfaces
|  Subject: 04.01 Centronics (parallel) Interface
   Subject: 04.02 RS232 (serial) Interface
   Subject: 04.02.01 Connecting an Apple LaserWriter to a PC
   Subject: 04.03 RS422 (serial) Interface
   Subject: 04.04 HP-IB (parallel) Interface
   Subject: 04.05 HP-IL (serial) Interface
   Subject: 04.06 SCSI Interface
   Subject: 04.07 Infrared Interface
   Subject: 04.08 Network Interfaces
   Subject: 04.09 Interface Convertors
   Subject: 05 Printer Drivers
   Subject: 05.01 Operating System specific
^  Subject: 05.01.01 Macintosh
   Subject: 05.01.02 MS-DOS
   Subject: 05.01.03 MS-Windows, Windows-NT
   Subject: 05.01.04 OS/2
   Subject: 05.01.05 UNIX
   Subject: 05.01.06 NeXTStep
   Subject: 05.01.07 Others
   Subject: 05.02 Program specific
|  Subject: 05.02.01 AutoCad
|  Subject: 05.02.02 GRAFSMAN
^  Subject: 05.02.03 Lotus 1-2-3
|  Subject: 05.02.04 WordPerfect
   Subject: 05.02.05 Others
   Subject: 06 Printer Supplies
   Subject: 06.01 Supplies in general
   Subject: 06.02 Refilling and Recycling
   Subject: 06.02.01 Re-inking ribbons
|  Subject: 06.02.02 Re-inking cartridges (Inkjet/Bubblejet)
|  Subject: 06.02.03 Re-filling laser toner cartridges
^  Subject: 06.02.04 Re-cycling laser pc drums
^  Subject: 06.03 Paper supplies
^  Subject: 06.03.01 Paper supplies for laser printers
^  Subject: 06.03.02 Paper supplies for inkjet printers
   Subject: 07 Printer Troubleshooting
   Subject: 07.01 PostScript printing problems
   Subject: 07.01.01 Timeout and other PostScript errors
   Subject: 07.01.02 PostScript and the Ctrl-D business
   Subject: 07.01.03 PostScript Character Set
|  Subject: 07.01.04 PostScript Test Page Code
   Subject: 07.02 LaserJet printing problems
   Subject: 07.02.01 Using PRINT SCREEN under DOS.
   Subject: 08 Average printing costs
   Subject: 09 Miscellaneous Information
|  Subject: 09.01 GhostScript
   Subject: 09.02 Converting between Emulations
   Subject: 09.02.01 Converting PostScript to other emulations
   Subject: 09.02.02 Converting other emulations to PostScript
   Subject: 09.02.03 Other Conversions
|  Subject: 09.03 Printing T-shirts
   Subject: 09.04 Miscellaneous Internet Resources
   Subject: 09.05 Paper Sizes
|  Subject: 10 Vendor Contact Information
|  Subject: 10.01 Apple
   Subject: 10.02 Canon
   Subject: 10.03 Hewlett-Packard
|  Subject: 10.04 QMS
^  Subject: 10.05 Seiko Instruments
   Subject: 10.06 Tektronix
   Subject: 10.07 Lexmark
|  Subject: 10.08 Roland Digital Group
|  Subject: 10.09 Seikosha America, Inc.
^  Subject: 10.10 Okidata
|  Subject: 10.11 Star Micronics
   Subject: 10.12 Fargo
|  Subject: 10.13 Brother Industries, Ltd.
   Subject: 10.14 Epson
|  Subject: 10.15 Panasonic
   Subject: 10.16 BlackLightning, Inc.
   Subject: 10.17 Kodak
^  Subject: 10.18 Abaton Technology
|  Subject: 10.19 Citizen America Corp
   Subject: 10.20 Dataproducts Corp
|  Subject: 10.21 D-Link Systems, Inc.
|  Subject: 10.22 Fujitsu Computer Products
|  Subject: 10.23 Genicom Corp.
   Subject: 10.24 Houston Instruments
   Subject: 10.25 Laser Master
^  Subject: 10.26 Laser Printer Accessories
|  Subject: 10.27 Laser Tools
   Subject: 10.28 Mannesmann Tally
   Subject: 10.29 NEC Technologies
|  Subject: 10.30 NewGen Systems Corporation, Inc.
   Subject: 10.31 Pacific Data Products
|  Subject: 10.32 Pentax Technologies
|  Subject: 10.33 Texas Instruments
^  Subject: 10.34 Toshiba Printer Products
   Subject: 10.35 Environmental Laser
|  Subject: 10.36 GCC Technologies
   Subject: 10.37 Advanced Matrix Technology
|  Subject: 10.38 GDT Softworks, Inc.
|  Subject: 10.39 Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC)
   Subject: 10.40 MicroSoft
|  Subject: 10.41 Kyocera Corporation
|  Subject: 10.42 Kentek Information Systems
   Subject: 10.43 LaserSaver
|  Subject: 10.44 GRC
   Subject: 10.45 Patton Electronics Company
|  Subject: 10.46 Ganson Engineering Company
   Subject: 10.47 Xerox
   Subject: 10.48 GS Corporation
|  Subject: 10.49 MIS Associates, Inc.
   Subject: 11 Glossary
|  Subject: 12 Credits
 
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Subject: 01 Introduction

As is the case with all FAQ lists, this document is intended to
help answer frequently asked questions that appear on the
newsgroup comp.periphs.printers. If you have any items you think
should be here, please let me know.

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