To the comments below, I'll add that if the printer doesn't support PCL, there are alternatives to replacing the printer.  There are third-party spooling products available that will send output to non-PCL printers.  You might want to look at ESPUL from RAC Consulting.  NBSPOOL from Quest is also very good, but more expensive, I believe.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: April 22, 2004 2:47 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Adding an impact printer to the HP3K


Bob asks:

> One of our offices added an IBM printer and wants to connect it to the
> network for use by both our HP 9000 and HP 3000. I'm unable to get the 3K
to
> talk to it. I can ping it.
>
>  Any ideas where to start? I'm guessing a problem with a setup file.

Does the printer support HP's PCL? If it doesn't, you're basically out of
luck.

While that may not be your specific problem, there's no sense in going any
further in your efforts if the printer doesn't.

Wirt Atmar

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