Digital BW, The Print

Gary W. Weaver wrote:
> Gutenprint is a PostScript thingy that is available for Windows and possibly
> other OS. Linux is more standard than Windows, BTW.
> 
> gar

Gutenprint used to be called Gimp-Print in earlier versions, 
the last was also available in Mac OS-X versions as it was a 
substitute for the lacking OS-X printer drivers at that time. 
The new name was one of many changes in Gimp-print at that 
stage, at the same time 16 bit computations throughout were 
introduced, 32 or 64 channels can be addressed. In that sense 
it is more advanced than what the other OSses offer at this 
moment.

QTR is based on Gimp-print (8 bit mainly).

GutenPrint can be used in tandem with good old GhostScript 
which will do the Postscript rendering. GutenPrint on itself 
isn't Postscript compatible. GutenPrint isn't available for 
Windows but probably usable on Mac OS-X as that is yet another 
Unix offspring.

On BO use: If the 16 bit is available on the monochrome 
setting in the driver (black) then it might even be better 
than what is available in normal Windows and OS-X drivers. It 
will not have the control QTR offers though.

Ernst

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