Steve,

Recognizing that HP3000s are to Boise as bicycles are to fish, I'd be more
than happy to settle for DOCUMENTATION of the printers, as was
conscientiously made available prior to PCL6.  Beginning with (I think)
LJ5/si, the newer printers support 'paper types', et cetera, but these
features do not seem to have been very thoroughly documented.  Where's the
PCL6 manual?

While I don't see any great big reason for either CSY or Boise to ensure
HP3000 support for every new printer widget, I do think it would be nice if
Boise could keep CSY informed of changes to PJL, so that CSY could maintain
a list of printers known to work properly with MPE/iX.


Tracy Pierce, Systems Programmer
Golden Gate Bridge, Hwy & Trnsp Dist
P.O.Box 9000, Presidio Station
San Francisco, CA  94129-0601
phone 415-923-2266
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Hammond [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Printer/Printing Issues
>
>
> 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=itemDeta
il&news_pk=2009.

Steve Hammond