[log in to unmask] wrote: > I met with my HP Sales rep yesterday & learned that the new HP9X9 > series do not offer HPIB support. He also mentioned that in order > to utilize existing printers you must convert them to RS232 interfaces. > Unfortunately older DTC's do not support high enough throuput speeds > for our 1200 LPM printers. In order to support the higher speeds > you have to be using DTC-16's or 72's. > Does anyone else out there find this to be a problem? Unfortunately, I don't have a solution but I do have a problem with this announcement. With all due respect to the vendors who provide LAN spooling products, IMO *before* HP dropped HPIB support from their latest product offering, they should have incorporated an MPE-level LAN printing solution into the FOS and a LAN I/O upgrade card for the 2567-class printer. As it stands, I presume in order to support a high-speed printer like this on a 9x9 box one would have to (1) get some type of LAN <-> HPIB adapter (if, in fact, one exists); (2) purchase a 3rd party software product to provide LAN spooling. The LAN-based spooling product should act at least as well as the HPIB-connected printers do now, with regard to jam detection and recovery capability. I know it's easy to stand on the side and complain, but this is one situation where I can't help but ask what someone was thinking (or not thinking) when this decision was made. Jeff Lindberg, Data Processing Coordinator --- Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency ([log in to unmask]) 729 21st Street Bettendorf, IA 52722