Would anyone know of a good source that provides some background information about printerdrivers? Especially regarding the differences between several pcl drivers and the differences between pcl/ps/ufr drivers. No specific problem is involved, just want to gain a bit more knowledge :-)
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http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PostScript.html
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Canon provides you with three types of printer drivers:
Adobe Systems' PS (PostScript) 3 emulation printer driver,
Hewlett-Packard's PCL (Printer Control Language) printer driver, which
includes the PCL5c, PCL5e, and PCL6 printer drivers
Canon's UFR II (Ultra Fast Rendering II) printer driver.
The available printer drivers may vary, depending on the machine and the version of Windows you are using.
PS
The PS printer driver is well-suited for printing from Adobe Systems software, and offers superior performance for printing high-quality text and graphics.
PCL
The PCL5c, PCL5e, and PCL6 printer drivers can be used with most kinds of business application software.
PCL5c printer driver is for color printers, the PCL5e printer driver is for black-and-white printers, and the PCL6 printer driver is for both color and black-and-white printers.
PCL6 is an advanced version of PCL5c and PCL5e, and offers superior printing quality and speed.
PCL5e printer driver is provided as standard with black-and-white printers.
UFR II
Using the UFR II printer driver, the various data processing tasks conventionally executed within the printer are appropriately divided between the host PC and the printer to greatly reduce the overall printing time. The workload can be delegated to match the output data, thus realizing a significant increase in speed through optimization.**Knowledge is time consuming, exhausting and costly for a trained Tech.**
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Thanks for info. Leaves me with a question 'though... Why would so many companies use pcl drivers if ufr has such advantages? I can see ps for quality, ufr for speed, why so many pcl installed?Comment
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First UFR is a canon proprietary driver
Postscript is owned and regulated by Adobe
Pcl was created by HP and has been the default driver for years and was developed before postscript. It is used with a lot of special applications. This is because it is fairly universal between manufacturers. The different versions are to add or restrict options and fix bugs and such.And Star Trek was just a tv show...yeah right!Comment
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The key reason would likely be familiarity with PCL. It has been around for a really long time, just as has PS. UFR is the new kid on the block, and some people are just not eager to adopt a new standard, when an old standby still works really well for the majority of the tasks at hand..."Once a King, always a King, but once a Knight is enough!"
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