We have 1/2 dozen LaserJets of various types and vintage, and even a Goestetner mopier that emulates a LaserJet 4, working fine as network printers to our 5.5 X3 production system. We've even managed to get all the setup information correct so that our users cannot tell whether any given LaserJet is a network connected printer or a serially connected printer. I knew we had to use JetDirect cards or JetDirect EX boxes with MPE/iX network printing. OK, a little annoying especially since HP does not make a JetDirect EX with a serial port, but we can deal with it. What I did not notice until recently, and what is really annoying, is the apparent requirement that the printer support some level of PCL. [Although it must be very basic since the ThinkJet is supported and most of the younger people around here never even heard of the ThinkJet.] Of course we have dozens of non-HP character impact printers acquired over the years such as Okidata and Printek that I would like to gradually convert to network printers as we remove DTCs from remote sites. And I'd like to avoid the added management overhead of a third-party print solution. But it looks like I'm screwed by HP's half-assed network printing enhancement. I have not been able to make an Okidata or Printek printer attached to an HP JetDirect Ex work off our HP3000s, presumeably because neither supports PCL. So the question is: Has anyone had success connecting a non-PCL printer to an HP3000 using MPE/iX's network printing? If not, does anyone know what minimum PCL is actually required to support any kind of network printing? John Burke Pacific Coast Building Products e-mail: [log in to unmask]