Lane Rollins writes:
> The response center told me that the page level recovery was broken on the
> lpq printers, not so much that it's a different PJL version. We don't see
> the problem with reprinting going to laserjets.
>
> They also said that the %200 & %300 carraige controls cause problems with
> printing to page printers.
>
> Did you try setting "SERIAL_PRINTER_SIMULATION=TRUE" using patch MPEKXF7B
> and the LPQ printers? The say this runs the data through a different spooler
> that acts *MORE* like the serial/hpib printers.

I was the site that discovered the network printer CCTL problem that resulted
in the new SERIAL_PRINTER_SIMULATION keyword.  This particular problem affects
*ALL* network printers, not just the LPQ series.  It cropped up here when we
started migrating DTC serial printers to JetDirectEX boxes and users started
complaining that their reports were printing funkily.

The LPQ problem is the lack of page level recovery firmware in the printer.
As Chris justifiably ranted previously, one paper jam at the end of a huge
report and you have to print it all over again from the beginning.

<RANT>THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, HP!!!</RANT>
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