On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 12:36:46 AM UTC-4, Hugh Hood wrote:
> Leon,
>
> I re-checked the specs on that Xerox B210 printer and it *does* seem to
> check all the boxes for using it to print PostScript from GS/OS Desktop
> applications with the DCPPD under GS/OS 6.0.x with the Uthernet II card,
> Marinetti and TreeHugger. Very good.
>
> I see the B210 was a PC Magazine Editor's Choice, sports 1200 x 1200 DPI
> and is also very reasonably priced.
>
> You mentioned printing with TrueType and Bitmapped fonts:
>
> The DCPPD will print using the PostScript fonts that are either resident
> in the printer, or that have been downloaded in advance by the user.
>
> I searched in vain for a list of the PostScript fonts Xerox includes
> with the B210. All the docs mention printing a list of the resident
> PostScript fonts from the printer's control panel, but nowhere could I
> find a listing.
>
> I suspect that it has at least 90 resident PostScript fonts, and would
> obviously include the original 35 fonts (Courier, Helvetica, Palatino,
> etc...) contained in the Apple LaserWriter Plus, plus a whole bunch more.
>
> In your GS/OS applications, you will want to use screen fonts (either
> bit-mapped or TrueType with Pointless) that have names corresponding to
> the PostScript fonts present in the printer. The DCPPD does *not*
> download bitmapped IIgs fonts, but rather specifies in the PostScript
> job the name of the font requested. In most cases, if that font is not
> present, then the printer will use the Courier font instead.
>
> So, if the names of the fonts you using are even slightly different,
> there will not be a match.
>
> One solution is to rename (only if necessary, obviously) your TrueType
> font name (there are utilities to do this) so that it does match the
> PostScript font name.
>
> If you need to use a font that is not resident in the printer, it must
> first be downloaded to the printer. I might suggest the LaserBeam 1.1
> program (from GS+ Magazine) for doing that. It also allows one to
> re-name the PostScript font as it is being downloaded, so that would be
> another method of insuring a match between your GS/OS screen fonts and
> the printer fonts.
>
> Unrelated to the DCPPD --
>
> Your printer also supports PCL 5e, so you can also use it with the
> Harmonie drivers. As you probably know, Harmonie, since it sends a
> bit-mapped image of most objects (rendered on the Apple IIgs), will be a
> great deal slower than PostScript and probably much lower in quality.
> But, it *does* download font bitmaps if that is what you need.
>
> Finally -- since the interface here will be the Uthernet II / Ethernet
> connection, we still don't have a widespread way of printing from ProDOS
> 8 applications (such as AppleWorks) over Ethernet. I do know this
> problem has been/is being worked on, but that's all the information I
> can share at the moment.
>
> Please let me know if I can answer any questions for you on any of this,
> and please let us know how it goes for you.
>
>
>
>
> Hugh Hood
> On 10/18/2021 11:20 PM, Sargenle53 wrote:
> > Hugh.
> >
> > I have been so interested in your updated LaserWriter driver that I
> > have been searching with these 4 requirements.
> >
> > TCP port 9100
> >
> > PS 3
> >
> > PCL 5/5e to PCL 6
> >
> > Ethernet 10/100
> >
> > I came across this little B&W printer (Xerox B210) that seems to
> > check all the boxes.
> >
> > https://download.support.xerox.com/pub/docs/B210/userdocs/any-os/en_GB/Xerox_B210_sfp_ug_en.pdf?_ga=2.127546381.1093801063.1634612854-971138043.1634612854
> >
> > I am going to buy this printer for use on the GS (ROM 01, GS/OS
> > 6.0.4, Uthernet ll)
> >
> > Before I do, based on your knowledge of the driver, PCL and PS
> > requirements, do you have any thoughts on compatibility.
> >
> > Mostly printing letters with TrueType and or Bitmap fonts.
> >
> > Leon
> >
> >
Hugh…

Printer has been working perfectly as you thought it would. You recommended some strategies for making sure the fonts I wanted were downloaded and installed in the printer.. The program you had recommended was Laserbeam 1.1 published in GS+ magazine on disk. I have not been able to find that program on Asimov, what is the Apple GS or MacGui and Archive.org.

Do you have an ideas where I might locate it..

Thank you….
Leon

On 1/6/2023 12:28 AM, Leon wrote:
> Hugh…
>
> Printer has been working perfectly as you thought it would. You
> recommended some strategies for making sure the fonts I wanted were
> downloaded and installed in the printer.. The program you had
> recommended was Laserbeam 1.1 published in GS+ magazine on disk. I
> have not been able to find that program on Asimov, what is the Apple
> GS or MacGui and Archive.org.
>
> Do you have an ideas where I might locate it..
>
> Thank you…. Leon

Leon,

The 1.1 version of Laserbeam is from the V5N4 issue of GS+ Magazine.

It is contained on the disk that accompanied the issue, and is available
here:

<https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/gs/EGO%20Systems%20-%20GS%20Plus/GSPLUS_V5N4.po>

You may also wish to read the article in GS+ about how to use it. You
may find it as a .pdf available here:

http://www.apple-iigs.info/fichiers/gsplusv5n4.pdf

One final thing -- you may need to ensure that the name of the font you
download to the printer is also the name of the screen font you are
using on the IIGS. I haven't looked at this particular matter in several
months, but I believe a screen font editor will allow you to change the
internal screen font name as needed.

Let us know how it goes.

Hugh Hood