</rant on>WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT!!! I have argued with HP on
this on several occasions. We have the same model of 5si yet each 'newer'
version of firmware treats the code in different ways. For example, we
created invoices using Fantasia software. These print to an older 5si. We
purchased a second one several months later and had to modify the code
slightly due to a difference in the way the firmware handles the PCL. A year
later, we purchased another 5si and CAN'T print any invoices to it. No
modification to the coding would help. HP has been out several times to
replace the board and jetdirect card. Still nothing. They refuse to believe
that the problem is caused by the firmware version. I have been on a hunt
for an older version of the firmware just so we can utilize the printer for
these invoices. </rant off>

Rick Clark
Senior Systems Analyst
WW&R
Cleveland, Ohio



-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Steve Miller
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 2:05 PM
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Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4050N


Yes, it SHOULD work the same - 'should' be the operative word.  But the
reality is often it doesn't.  I've worked on just about every model of
LaserJets back to the original, and the exact same PCL sent to different
printer models can often space just a little bit differently, both
vertically and horizontally.  I'm not sure why, but I just accept it and
modify my output.  It can be a bother, though, when you have to feed
different models.  At my last job, I had a program writing complex graphics
and text to three printers...a LJ4si and two LJ3si's.  The last line, when
sent to the LJ4si, would trip the form feed and go to a new page, but print
okay on the 3si.  Modifying the program to move that last line up a few dots
made the 4si okay, but now the 3si printed too high (on preprinted
letterhead)!!  I chose to live with it that way!

Steve Miller
Portion Pac, Inc
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> Hello, I have a LaserJet 4050N setup as a network printer.
> The same report I
> print to a LaserJet II does not print the same way on the
> 4050N. Printing
> compressed/portrait. On the 4050N it is missing the last couple of
> characters and skips a line. I talked to the techs in Boise and after
> numerous changes on the printer, which did not change a thing, they
> suggested modifying the program. Should the new print work
> like the old one
> (same escape sequences) or are new ones required?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Al Nizzardini
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Phone:  201-931-1420 x352
> Fax:      201-931-0101
>