----- Original Message ----- From: Wolfgang Lenerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers
> On 6 Mar 2002, at 18:56, Geoff Wicks wrote: > > > > > > So have I, but it doesn't work for me. The file downloads, but doesn't > > actually print. Do you have any special technique? > > Umm not really. I had thisproblem once,too. IIRC, once the entire > file was downloaded, I openen a channel to the par device, and > then it printed ok > Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately it still did not work. In reply to Phoebus (sorry I accidently deleted your email - so I write from memory). Thanks for the information, but a couple of points. You say the printer must be set for PCL6 emulation, but many printers only offer this emulation and therefore cannot be set. You also mentioned that PCL is downwards compatible. This is so for PCL5 downwards, but even HP warn that PCL6 is different, and I have been unable to discover what they mean by this. I have seen a printer, I forget which, which claimed to emulate PCL6 and PCL3 (or was it PCL4). I suspect that pure PCL6 is not fully downwards compatible, but that some printers also emulate other PCL levels using the generic term PCL6 compatible. If would be good if we could get some certainty on this point, because PCL6 compatibility would offer a new range of printers to QL-users. Are there any others beside Wolfgang who are successfully using PCL6 printers? Geoff Wicks.
