I have a similar problem with a 4V the one that lets me print up to 11 x 17 paper. Could be a great use for SBC as both a print spooler and PS->PCL translator.
-pete > Summary: If you have postscript 2 printers, use the native > format (PCL for HP) and the Foomatic/hpijs driver. > > > I have 3 old HP4M laserjet postscript printers, and two of them > are our main working printers. The HP4M is postscript level 2; > level 3 came out in 1997. Over time, support for level 2 has > been going away - Acrobat Reader 7 and Firefox 3 don't support > it, for example. Since the 4M is robust and the chipless > cartridges are cheap and easy to refill, I've had a twist in > my knickers about the lack of support. > > Then I had a head-slapper moment. The HP4 *without* postscript > (PCL) is also supported, and the Foomatic/hpijs driver translates > from whatever to HP PCL just dandy. The printer is on 10mbps > ethernet, the computers are fast (much faster than the engine > in the HP4), and I don't often print directly to the printer > from remote sites (I can route those jobs through my server). > So - from now on, I will use PCL and the driver. > > I will still use the HP4M postscript level 2 for some of my old > postcript files (I do business cards, envelopes, and letterhead > in hand-written postscript), but from now on I will use the > foomatic driver. Sad, really - I'm fond of Postscript 2. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 > KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" > Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
