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This is a very interesting notice, you report that you posess an LJ MP5 which has adobe post script level 2 embedded. and you can print even as fast through USB to parallel adapter as only through parallel port. please does it work if it is a printer which only supports PCL 5 printer control language ? PCL 5 or PCL 6 ist mostly post script compatible for latex and math formatted pages. do you use CUPS like here explained? http://www.cups.org/documentation.php and I can use this driver ? on solaris and BSD? Do I need to compile it myself? http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_5P since it will then be a USB "retrofitted or rebranded" printer I have the experience that USB 64-bit drivers for most UNIX like operating systems can be very difficult. on 32 bit debian on a different machine it works, and also on suse. If the machine has a parallel interface card. I do however not get the same print quality which is achieved with HP printer driver on windows. It would be a great achievement if any USB printer can be detected hot pluggable and simply work right out of the box on open solaris, as is the case on some competing OSes like windows and Max OSX. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
