Good idea - and you've offered a good startup list.
But, in the absence of such a complete
list, before acquiring any printer for use on my
HP3K (or HP9K), I would check out the specs for
it - which should be readily available at the
printer vendor web site - and ensure it offered native PCL capability.
At 07:29 PM 2007/01/30, john pitman wrote:
>If this is a current/new printer model, wouldn’t it be useful to build a
>list and park it somewhere accessible, listing printers that people have
>connected to MPE systems that work, DON’T work, or partly work, and the
>gotcha's associated with them?
>
>Eg, we have
>LJ2200n, 2200dn no problems
>LJ2420dn no problems
>LJ4200n no problems
>Laserjet 5, 5m no problems
>LJ 2840 WILL NOT Obey PCL5e font commands!!!!!, otherwise ok.
>Lj 4100tn no problems
>P3005dn no problems
>
>jp
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>Of Gilles Schipper
>Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 10:41 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] NPCONFIG and LaserJet 2600n
>
>Check this out:
>
>http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06b/18972-236251-236268-15077-f51-
>446153-446154-446155.html
>
>Pay attention to the section entitled:
>
>Memory/print languages
>
>The bottom line is that this printer does not
>work irrespective of what parameters you have supplied in NPCONFIG.
>
>
>At 10:16 AM 2007/01/30, Wirt Atmar wrote:
>
> >Robert writes:
> >
> > > I have just found out that the 2600n is what used to be called a GDI
> > > printer. It only has 2 internal fonts, does not support PCL, and is
> > > fully controlled by a driver program loaded on the host.
> > >
> > > It is more likely that HELL will freeze over before you could get it to
> > > work with the 3000 :(.
> >
> >That's not quite true. The HP web page says this about the printer:
> >
> >"IEEE 1284-compliant bidirectional parallel, USB port, HP PCL5/PostScript®
>3
> >™ personalities card in first EIR slot, second available slot for optional
> >
> >internal Jetdirect card"
> >
> >This should be more than enough capability for the printer to work with the
> >HP3000 if those cards are present in the printer (which of course would
> >indicate that HELL would freeze over).
> >
> >Wirt Atmar
> >
> >
> >
> >
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