I empathize with you Jim.  We had the same thing happen to our 3000 some
time ago.  As a tribute to the designers, after we dried it out, it came up
running.

Regards,

Frank

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 08:22:03 -0800, Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>We have several LJ 4050's that we use as spooled
>printers from the 3000.  The only one here at out El
>Paso location had the bad luck to be located directly
>below a water pipe that decided to break late Saturday
>night.  I spent all day Sunday trying to find a
>printer to replace it with.
>
>I finally bought the LJ 3500 because it was the only
>one I could find that came with a JetDirect box to
>connect to the network.  Unfortunately, it does not
>work with the 3000.  We use both PCL and PostScript
>(QueryCalc) to print.  The LJ 3500 responds with an
>error message "Chosen personality is not available"
>when we send spoolfiles to it.
>
>I'm getting the feeling that HP moved the intelligence
>from the printer to the printer driver because the HP
>web site says the solution for this problem is to try
>a different driver.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas on making this printer
>work?
>
>Besides replacing it with an older, but wiser,
>printer, I mean.
>
>
>Jim Phillips
>Therm-O-Link of Texas, Inc.
>1295 Henry Brennan Dr
>El Paso, TX  79936
>915-860-9933
>
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