printer driver type performance: pcl vs. post script

[barabba72]

Hi all,

It seems that all agree that pcl is more efficient than post script,
unless you need very good graphics and resolution which is best
provided by ps.

However, I noticed that in a terminal server environment, WAN printing
is o lot faster using post script drivers (talking about HP laser jet
and color laser jet printers). I tried using pcl but it was creating
huge spool files and printing time were painfully long.

Is it me who didn't configure these printers right or have I missed the
point ?

Thanks and Regards

 

[Dieter]

I suppose you have 2000 Servers for your terminal server environment.
I know that the hp drivers for 2000 server and clients produce PCL-code
that takes a lot of time to print espacially for old hp printers (4 and 5
series).
If you can use original hp drivers and take care to use vector fonts and
hp-gl2 graphics.
With xp or 2003 servers the os-drivers are much more effective.
Difference hat about factor 4 (4minutes with old hp printers using original
2000 drivers versus
less than one minute for modern drivers).

Dieter