I am seriously considering asking CSY to hold a "Printing Summit" in the next few months. I feel, as chairman of SigPrint, there are still several issues on the table involving printing and dealing with HP printers.

If such a meeting were to be held, it could only be held if the LaserJet Division (or whatever it is called today) would agree to send technically-qualified representatives.

The issues I see as still being on the table:
- extended PJL support in MPE/iX spooler
- connectivity of the new LaserJet printers
- further laser printing solutions with the demise of the Series 5000 printers (F100, D640, etc.)

I am not sure this is a situation that can be answered in a two-hour long session at HPWorld, and I would like to be able to present some solutions at HPWorld. (Obviously this is a meeting that would have been best served at the Sig3000, but since the next one is 11 and a half months away, it's a moot point. Hopefully, we can get some of the players to commit and it will be of value.)

I would be interested in hearing about any further printing issues out there that we could put on the table to get CSY and Boise to agree to such a meeting. Please email me directly at [log in to unmask] 

I specifically did not mention the page level recovery issue on the LPQ (LineJet) printers since that was covered at the Solutions Symposium and if you need any more information on it see http://www.3kworld.com/newsroom.asp?sit_PK=67&appmode=itemDetail&news_pk=2009. 

Steve Hammond