>   Donald Timmonds Harrington <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>  OK (boy, I've got to come up with some other way to start one of
>  these things), we've got the HP268x series of printers that use
>  ;ENV= files to do different kinds of printing (LP, ELITE, etc.).
>  Now we have the HP5000 series of printers (Fxxx for fan-fold paper
>  and Cxx(?) for cut-sheet).  The 'F' series, as I understand it, are
>  replacements for the 268x.  Since they use PCL4, they can't use the
>  old ;ENV= files in the HPENV.SYS group.  How do they do the different
>  font/character types, or are they restricted to LP?  If these files
>  exist, could they be used on other LaserJet-type printers?
>
>  Enquiring minds want to know...
>
 
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You can get software to convert 2680 env files to PCL. Several
of the major HP3000 forms packages handle the 2680->PCL issue.
In theory, these packages make the fact that the printer is now
PCL invisible. Fantasia and Formation are packages I have worked
with that seem to handle this problem fine.
 
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