It was touch-and-go for a while there as to whether HP's competition to PostScript, that they invented to not have to pay Adobe's blackmail fees, PCL4/5/6/x, would gain market traction. I also have a number of older HP printers including a large 5Si. Unfortunately, they have all been loved to death and need various roller kits installed and so forth. So they sit idle waiting for me to get time to attend to them.
But once PCL5 became dominant, like PostScript it's going to be around forever as well. That is one of the few good things HP did for the printer market. What is most irritating is the process of "chipping" cartridges to try to force people to buy the cartridges from the printer manufacturer but fortunately the Chinese have been very inventive in cloning them. You should be able to get some money for your Phaser and it's supplies off Craigslist, certainly there is some Windows user who could still make use of it. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rich Shepard Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 3:40 PM To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Print jobs fail [UPDATE] On Wed, 5 Apr 2023, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > PostScript is UNIX's native printer tongue and will be supported forever. Ted, My HP LaserJet 5, purchased in 1997, has been supported by Red Hat and Slackware. I added the last double-side addon soon after. It's still excellent and had one tune-up about 7 years ago. Great product! Regards, Rich
