Dave, Something I can tell you that may help. HP's web site sometimes lies. The Officejet 6210 for example was a PCL printer. Just a year ago they switched engines in it and now it is no longer a PCL printer and used the windows engine which will not work on Jbase. It was a chnage to save them money as the PCL engine costs more.
The web site, however, never was updated with the new specs and still says PCL even though it is not. This may be the same case with your printer. If so, you are stuck as it will not work. Period. You will need to switch to something else that is PCL. Richard Kann Comp-Ware Systems, Inc. David M Meyer wrote: > Dave, > > You are missing the point, the page is talking about *HP LaserJet > Printer, *what you are trying to program is a Office Jet printer which > is the same as a DeskJet or an Inkjet printer whichever you want to > compare it to, but the K5400 is *NOT* a LaserJet printer, it's a > different print engine all together. Some simple PCL commands might > be compatible but not very many, plus many of the lesser priced > /Inkjet /printers can only be used as "Windows Only" printers where > you must install and use the windows print drivers in order to print > to the thoughtless things. > > If you want to be able to control you printers, buy a real printer and > use it on a real system, because "Windows Only" is just what it its. > > David > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *David Grenfell > *Sent:* Saturday, December 06, 2008 10:24 A > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: jbase 3.4x, printers > > Jim and all: > > I guess I'm like an old dog. I can't let go of this problem until > I see the light. I came across an item on the internet today that > was talking about pcl3 gui OR hp-gl2. I can't find that original > document again but it did lead me to an hp page HP LaserJet > Printers - Understanding and Using HP-GL and HP-GL/2 (bpl05546) > > <http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl05546> > . Could it be that the newer "windows printers" with pcl support, > have been produced with this 1983 language, and perhaps in the > future we will all be priviledged to be able to purchase an > upgrade ? :)) > > Is it possible, that these new pcl3-gui printers need hp-gl/2 > language to control them ? Seems impossible to find any > documentation on pcl3 commands. > > Dave > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: jbase 3.4x, printers > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:11:27 -0800 > > On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 10:50 -0600, David Grenfell wrote: > > I got a document stating that the k5400 is "yes approved" for > os Open Enterprise server, support pack 2, and Netware 6.5 > support pack5 and supported configurations are pcl 5e, 5c and > 6. Now I have never had much formal training in such things, > but do have years of experience. I would think that pcl is a > stand alone language and should not be specific to any > operating system. So if one writes the proper code, whether > it be Open Enterprise server or jbase, it should control the > printer. But obviously it does not. I have given up on this > project. > > Dave > > Whichever document is telling you that it is PCL 5 and up > compatible is incorrect, it only supports PCL 3 Enhanced. PCL is > system independent but PCL 3e seems to be deliberately crippled to > make you buy a more expensive printer. Trade it in if you can. > > Jim > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
