It may be worth noting there are TWO versions of the HPDJ755CM and they are different enough that HP has two windows (and mac?) drivers for them on their website. You have to look at the model number on the back (not the front) to tell which one you have.
It matters a lot that you use the right one. If you are generating these files from Windows (or mac), you could be using the wrong driver. On the 800ps side: Get an HP5X00ps if you can. It is a LOVELY machine in most respects. I'd probably hate it if I'd only had experience with regular printers but, for a 48" plotter/printer, it is a gem. ------------------------------------------------------------ David Fetrow Phone: 206 616-0869 Distributed Computing Services Pager: 206 405-5377 Applied Physics Lab, Univ. of Washington On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > Sam, > > I bet I am using it, and yes, it does work very well for me... EXCEPT: > I am getting large black fields, usually toward the end of the posters. It > seems to be random, and could even be hardware I /suppose/, but it seems > like an awfully big coincidence that the lab staff started complaining to > me right around when I started to use the hpgl2 code for the printer. > > I am reading the PS header out of the dfAXXX... file in /var/spool/lpd. > Does this mean the Mac is sending it? I don't know why it would be, as I'm > using the driver for that printer and that printer does not speak PS3. > > Can I ask you what the second part of your ifhp entry does? (the > pjl_ustatus section). This part I do not have, and I'm wondering if the > reason the printer is bombing out toward the end is it gets some bad data > in the form of status polling and starts printing black -- it's wasting a > lot of time, ink, and paper at the moment. > > On a good note, the plotter is being replaced with an 800ps in the near > future. Anyone got one of these? > > ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Sam Lown wrote: > > > Hi Ryan, > > > > I sent a patch to the list for sending raw HPGL/2 files to IFHP > > connected plotters, I'd assume your using this patch? - If so, I'm very > > glad to hear its working for you :-) > > > > As for PS, which file are you reading the first line from? IFHP doesn't > > change any of the PostScript headers, it sends the file as-is with a bit > > of PJL header code, at least for the 755cm plotters! You can check this > > with the following command: > > > > cat postscriptfile.ps | ifhp -Tmodel=hpdj755cm,trace > output.prn > > > > and then check out the headers at the top of output.prn. > > > > BTW, my ifhp.conf file with HPGL/2 patch for this plotter is: > > > > ------------------------------- CUT > > > > [ hpdj230 hpdj250c hpdj330 hpdj350c hpdj430 hpdj450c hpdj455ca hpdj700 > > hpdj750c hpdj750cplus hpdj755cm hpdj2000cp ] > > > > ## These printers should support HPGL2 > > hpgl2 > > > > pjl_only=[ > > COMMENT ECHO ENTER EOJ > > INFO RESET SET > > USTATUS USTATUSOFF > > ] > > > > pjl_ustatus= > > @PJL USTATUSOFF > > @PJL USTATUS DEVICE = ON > > @PJL USTATUS TIMED = 10 > > > > --------------------------- END CUT > > > > Hope this helps, > > cheers, > > > > sam > > > > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 17:09, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > > > I forget exactly who it is, but someone wrote a patch for ifhp.conf that > > > included a printer def for the 755cm. I am currently using it for HPGL and > > > am very pleased with the results. HOWEVER, for PS, I am getting files > > > (when printing from a Mac, for example) that contain PS3, according to the > > > first line of the file. The printer receives them, smiles and nods, and > > > silently dumps the file. As the Mac PPD for the printer clearly says PS > > > level 2, I believe that ifhp may be handing it level 3 for some reason. Is > > > this far-fetched? 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