Larry Flippo ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : We have recently put an HP3000 server on our network wire for telnet : access and network printing. We have a lot of Epson 1070 printers : that we want to hang off of HP JetDirect EX+ printer servers. My : problem is that when I print to the printer, the top portion of the : print job is whacked off and a garbage line is printed. I think it : has something to do with NPCONFIG and the setup file. If I hang an HP : printer (ie. LaserJet, DeskJet) on the HP JetDirect, everything works : fine. I have disabled the PCL on the JetDirect, but I think I am : still getting PCL commands, even though all I need to print is text. : Any clue? I urgently need to find a work-around using my existing : hardware or a software solution that I can install on the HP3000 that : will allow me to keep my Epson printers in production with JetDirect. You have not read the ground rules for network printing using the MPE-provided network printing package: o TCP/IP network connection (possible OK, you don't say) o JetDirect interface (check) o PCL-speaking printer (Bz-z-zt) We didn't invent them in a fog. The spooler itself uses PCL sequences to manage its printers. That's why we require PCL printers. I'm not familiar with "disabl[ing] the PCL on the JetDirect", but I can assure you it won't stop the spooler from sending PCL sequences such as ^[E (reset), ^[Z (turn off display functions) and ^[%-12345X (not really PCL, but in PCL form and recognized (or ignored) by all PCL devices as the Universal Exit Language (UEL) command. Bottom line: Your Epson printers will not work with the MPE-provided network spooling package unless they speak PCL. You will either have to configure them on a serial link, buy PCL printers, or avail yourself of a third-party solution which does not require PCL printers. -Larry "MPE/iX Spoolers 'R' Us" Byler-