[ale] LaserJet5L

[Bryan E. Rank]

Hello,
I posted earlier with a problem about getting one of the new Hewlett
Packard LaserJet5Ls to work.  I think that my problem was not an
outdated version of ghostscript or anything like that, I believe that I
was trying to print with a higher resolution than the printer will
support out of the box (it comes with one meg of ram).

This is my guess.  I say this because the documentation from Aladdin
mentioned something about resolution being linked to the amount of
memory that you had on your printer (I guess I always thought memory
was a function of speed or with a non ps printer the amount of fonts.
To tell the truth, I never thought about it very much).  When I bumped
it down to 300X300 everything printed fine.

If my reasoning if flawed here, I would love for someone to set me
straight, otherwise, if you want the 5L to print 600X600, you can plan
on buying more memory.

Can someone point me at some literature besides the printing HOWTOs.
Don't get me wrong, they were great, I would just like to know a little
more about why the above my explanation is right or wrong?


Thanks very much,


Bryan