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Product Support Bulletin Subject: EPL-7500 Questions and Answers Date: 10/9/92 Page(s): 1 of 11 PSB No: P-0072B Originator: SLS This bulletin answers some commonly asked questions about the EPL-7500 printer. The questions and answers are listed below. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE EPL-7500 1. Q. What printer modes are built-in for the EPL-7500? A. The EPL-7500 has one (1) built-in operating mode and one (1) software emulation mode, both are selectable through the SelecType feature on the front panel: Adobe PostScript HP LaserJet Series IIP Emulation 2. Q. What is PostScript? A. PostScript is a programming language written specifically for displaying information. Its main purpose is to simplify the task of transferring graphics to the printed page. The PostScript language differs from other programming languages such as C, PASCAL or BASIC because it is not a general purpose programming language. The graphic capabilities include printing of geometric shapes, as well as text, that may be scaled to any size, stretched, skewed, reversed and filled with a pattern. Another important fact is that PostScript has the ability to scale resident fonts to any point size, Unlike other printer languages that only support bit-mapped fonts of specified sizes. 3. Q. What version of the Adobe PostScript interpreter is incorporated into the EPL-7500? A. The EPL-7500 utilizes version 52.3, revision 0 of Adobe's PostScript interpreter.

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Product Support Bulletin
Subject: EPL-7500 Questions and Answers
Date: 10/9/92
PSB No: P-0072B
Page(s): 1 of 11
Originator: SLS
This bulletin answers some commonly asked questions about the EPL-7500 printer.
The questions and answers are listed below.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE EPL-7500
1.
Q. What printer modes are built-in for the EPL-7500?
A.
The EPL-7500 has one (1) built-in operating mode and one (1) software
emulation mode, both are selectable through the SelecType feature on the
front panel:
Adobe PostScript
HP LaserJet Series IIP Emulation
2.
Q. What is PostScript?
A.
PostScript is a programming language written specifically for displaying
information. Its main purpose is to simplify the task of transferring
graphics to the printed page. The PostScript language differs from other
programming languages such as C, PASCAL or BASIC because it is not a
general purpose programming language. The graphic capabilities include
printing of geometric shapes, as well as text, that may be scaled to any
size, stretched, skewed, reversed and filled with a pattern. Another
important fact is that PostScript has the ability to scale resident fonts to
any point size, Unlike other printer languages that only support bit-mapped
fonts of specified sizes.
3.
Q.
What version of the Adobe PostScript interpreter is incorporated into the
EPL-7500?
A.
The EPL-7500 utilizes version 52.3, revision 0 of Adobe’s PostScript
interpreter.