David Coleman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> We currently use IP printing to laser printers very successfully.
> Recently I tried to add a Printronix line printer to the mix. We now
> get escape/header codes printed on the first few lines of the report
> and sometimes lose pages from the end of the print. Is there an
> environment file that I can add to the printer definition in the
> npconfig file or will printing to the Printronix work at all?
> Anybody had any experiences with P'tronix printers that could shed
> some light here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

David,

When using the HPe3000 native network print service you can ONLY print
to printers that understand HP's PCL language.  My experience has been
that Printronix printers DO NOT understand PCL.

However, if you really need/want to print to Printronix printers via a
LAN connection you'll have to use one of the third-party network
printing solutions that predate the native HPe3000 "service."  The
products that come to mind are called ESpul, NBSpool or PrintPath.

HTH,

John Hornberger
Sr. Systems Programmer
SPX Corporation