David, I got curious and looked up the specs for the HP K5400 and which shows the printer uses the HP PCL 3 enhanced printer language. see the link: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/18972-18972-236251-1156654-3328074-2511747.html So then I looked up PCL 3 enhanced and found the following page: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00068221 which in the table states the PCL 3 "Does not support downloadable or scalable fonts". But, you got a better answer then I did from HP the last time I called looking for PCL support. I was told that HP no longer support PCL! I hung up. I have discovered that HP's web site does have the information available, it is that they supply so some much information it gets tough to find the one the document you need Hope this help you out.... David Meyer ITP
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Grenfell Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 07:34 P To: [email protected] Subject: RE: jbase 3.4x, printers Well, got some feedback from the folks who developed the pcl driver. Cost of the developer kit is $695.00 and they really can't help to taylor individual needs. I might have been a bit short with them, but told them it was much more economical to simply purchase hp laser printers. This doesn't help me much as I still have my HPIII sitting in my home office to practice with. However, I don't have it turned on much, so it is not harming the enviroment that much. David Grenfell _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: jbase 3.4x, printers Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:01:54 -0600 Update: I installed the latest driver form HP. Printer can now be installed (windows) on 2000, xp and vista. Special note here... If you delete a printer and put it back exactly as it was, jbase will not recognize it until you delete your printer and re-install also in jbase. However, results are still the same. I am now going to try the pcl conversion utility. Dave _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: jbase 3.4x, printers Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:24:41 -0600 Jim: Thanks for your input. This is a brand new printer, installed with drivers that came with it, then I downloaded latest drivers from hp, because it would not install on my vista laptop. When I print a report on it, all the text, at least, prints, but the fonts are completely screwed up. I.E.. instead of compressed, they show up large and bold and other variations. My code was written to output to HPIII printers, which I believe is PCL 5. I actually have not installed the latest downloaded driver on my xp box, where jbase resides and will try that. My next plan of action is to attempt to install a package from a company called pagetech. At first glance, they appear to have a software package that includes a printer driver that replaces the normal printer driver, and intercepts the pcl output, and converst is to a "windows" format, and then sends on to the printer. If this works, it would be a saviour, since one would not have to purchase lazer printers for the pcl. Although, a small company, can get by with a relatively inexpensive lazer now. I am attempting this whole thing because I have pretty much retired now and still like to dabble, but thought it would be really convenient if I could have just one printer in my home office that would cover all the bases of color printing, running as a network printer, so I don't need a dedicated computer to run it, and of course print my jbase stuff. Dave _____ Subject: Re: jbase 3.4x, printers From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:58:16 -0800 On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 13:21 -0600, David Grenfell wrote: Gentlemen: I recentlry acquired an HP K5400 printer. Specs say it has PCL 5 compatibility, so I assumed I would be able to swap out my old HP III and replace it with this one. Well..... I do see all the text that I am sending, but the fonts, etc are right out to lunch. I get large bold characters where I should be getting compressed etc. Is this GUI pcl, not compatible with the original pcl ? As always, any help is appreciated. David, I suspect that either this is one of those "Windows only" printers that has a weak printer driver, or that you actually need to delete the old drivers and install the drivers that specifically are for K5400. Obviously delete the old printer and add the new one, then make sure that your printer device is specified according to the new printer name etc. Jim </html </html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please read the posting guidelines at: http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE/web/Posting%20Guidelines IMPORTANT: Type T24: at the start of the subject line for questions specific to Globus/T24 To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
