RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
I agree with Jerry that it seems strange that HP would do this as they have their own *nix but Left Hand and Right Hand springs to mind!! The problem is more fundamental as I see it. HP in their infinite wisdom have dropped PCL5 in favour of PCL6. This is fine if you are on Windows using the correct Windows printer drivers. However, if you live in the real world like a lot of us in the U2 arena and work on a flavour of Unix (AIX, HP, Linux etc) then we don't have Windows printer drivers. Also, if you use PCL5 escape sequences to format yur printing - this is how SB+ printing works - PCL6 doesn't understand the sequences. We have found that some HP printers that use PCL6 emulation claim to be backwards compatible to PCL5. BEWARE - this is often a very reduced version of PCL5 with only one or two fonts/typefaces supported and a reduced set of escape sequences. Also, if you use PCL5 sequences in the MS Windows environment (again SB+ does this) then the Windows PCL6 drivers don't recognise them. PCL6 is very similar to GDI using a graphical interface to the printers rather than ASCII characters that we are all used to. I have already logged a call with U2 support to get their take on this. Robin Smith Reflex Data Systems Ltd From: JPB-U2UG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seems strange that HP would have done that since they have their own 'nix, HP-UX. Jerry Banker Senior Programmer Analyst IBM Certified Solutions Expert - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:36 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix Looks like HP has discontinued the 4240, 4250, 4350 LaserJets and their various tnd models and replaced them with various models P4014, P4015 and P4515 with some new letters. While we can still find leftovers of the old models, it is only a matter of time. The only Supported operating systems Windows 2000; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003; Certified for Windows Vista(R); Mac OS X v 10.2; Mac OS X v 10.3 or higher No Unix or AIX. Nor Linux for that matter. Has anybody tried one of these printers with ##IX or Linux so far? Thanks. Roger Scanned by MailDefender - managed email security from intY - www.maildefender.net --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
Take a look at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/printer/v1r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.printers.cutSheetPrinters/com.ibm.printers.20607590105ethernettringconfig/etr1mst246.htm -- Carl Dula Voice: 973-227-8440 X111 Pulsar Systems, Inc.Fax: 973-227-8440 271 Route 46 West, Suite H209 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fairfield, NJ 07004-2474http://www.pulsarsystems.com --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
Robin: Half of our client's HP printers are installed with PCL6 onto Windows servers. Our PCL5 print jobs (including forms with HP-GL/2) haven't had any problem printing to those printers. I haven't been paying much attention to this because it hasn't been a problem. Do you think this is strictly a ..nix problem or am I missing something on Windows? Thanks, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Smith Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:37 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix I agree with Jerry that it seems strange that HP would do this as they have their own *nix but Left Hand and Right Hand springs to mind!! The problem is more fundamental as I see it. HP in their infinite wisdom have dropped PCL5 in favour of PCL6. This is fine if you are on Windows using the correct Windows printer drivers. However, if you live in the real world like a lot of us in the U2 arena and work on a flavour of Unix (AIX, HP, Linux etc) then we don't have Windows printer drivers. Also, if you use PCL5 escape sequences to format yur printing - this is how SB+ printing works - PCL6 doesn't understand the sequences. We have found that some HP printers that use PCL6 emulation claim to be backwards compatible to PCL5. BEWARE - this is often a very reduced version of PCL5 with only one or two fonts/typefaces supported and a reduced set of escape sequences. Also, if you use PCL5 sequences in the MS Windows environment (again SB+ does this) then the Windows PCL6 drivers don't recognise them. PCL6 is very similar to GDI using a graphical interface to the printers rather than ASCII characters that we are all used to. I have already logged a call with U2 support to get their take on this. Robin Smith Reflex Data Systems Ltd From: JPB-U2UG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seems strange that HP would have done that since they have their own 'nix, HP-UX. Jerry Banker Senior Programmer Analyst IBM Certified Solutions Expert - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:36 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix Looks like HP has discontinued the 4240, 4250, 4350 LaserJets and their various tnd models and replaced them with various models P4014, P4015 and P4515 with some new letters. While we can still find leftovers of the old models, it is only a matter of time. The only Supported operating systems Windows 2000; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003; Certified for Windows Vista(R); Mac OS X v 10.2; Mac OS X v 10.3 or higher No Unix or AIX. Nor Linux for that matter. Has anybody tried one of these printers with ##IX or Linux so far? Thanks. Roger Scanned by MailDefender - managed email security from intY - www.maildefender.net --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
While the comments below are mostly accurate, I offer some fine-point clarifications. On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Robin Smith wrote: I agree with Jerry that it seems strange that HP would do this as they have their own *nix but Left Hand and Right Hand springs to mind!! HP still seems to be producing printers that can handle PCL5 (and PCL6 and PostScript). These tend not to be their multi-function printers (MFPs), and not their lowest-cost units. I recently purchased a Color Laserjet CP3505, which can accept all three of these languages plus PDF! The problem is more fundamental as I see it. HP in their infinite wisdom have dropped PCL5 in favour of PCL6. This is fine if you are on Windows using the correct Windows printer drivers. However, if you live in the real world like a lot of us in the U2 arena and work on a flavour of Unix (AIX, HP, Linux etc) then we don't have Windows printer drivers. First, note that PCL6 is completely different from PCL5; it is not a newer, upgradeable version. And as I stated, many PCL6 printers also support PCL5. Also, if you use PCL5 escape sequences to format yur printing - this is how SB+ printing works - PCL6 doesn't understand the sequences. We have found that some HP printers that use PCL6 emulation claim to be backwards compatible to PCL5. BEWARE - this is often a very reduced version of PCL5 with only one or two fonts/typefaces supported and a reduced set of escape sequences. Also, if you use PCL5 sequences in the MS Windows environment (again SB+ does this) then the Windows PCL6 drivers don't recognise them. Actually, neither PCL5 NOR PCL6 drivers recognize PCL. If you run a program that outputs using the Windows printing interface (we call this high-level printing), as Notepad does for instance, a PCL5 driver will convert that to PCL5, and a PCL6 driver will convert that to PCL6; then the printer will interpret those codes. If you run something that internally generates PCL5, such as SB+, then it can't do that high-level printing, or the PCL5 codes would get written on the page. Instead, these programs must write at a lower level (what we call spooler mode), which bypasses all parts of the driver except the part that sends a stream of bytes to the printer. Think of it as one notch above copying a file to PRN. In this approach (spooler mode), it generally doesn't matter WHAT kind of printer driver is used. What's important is that the printer understand what you're sending it. (For the printer I mentioned above, I can send it the contents of a PDF file using spooler mode, and it prints fine.) PCL6 is very similar to GDI using a graphical interface to the printers rather than ASCII characters that we are all used to. That's true. Most graphics drawing commands in Windows mapdirectly to PCL6 commands. Hope this helps. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. Providers of Print Wizard personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Carl Dula wrote: Take a look at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/printer/v1r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.printers.cutSheetPrinters/com.ibm.printers.20607590105ethernettringconfig/etr1mst246.htm This suggests to me that IBM has a way to send basic plain text data to a PCL6 printer. It does NOT, however, suggest that this would give you an easy way to specify fonts, draw logos, etc. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Bill Haskett wrote: Robin: Half of our client's HP printers are installed with PCL6 onto Windows servers. Our PCL5 print jobs (including forms with HP-GL/2) haven't had any problem printing to those printers. I haven't been paying much attention to this because it hasn't been a problem. Do you think this is strictly a ..nix problem or am I missing something on Windows? This tells me that your software is not using the drivers, but is writing out at a spooler level (see my earlier post). [AD] Our Print Wizard software can do many of these tasks for you, and solve a wide range of printing challenges. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
Hi Bob, You stated below that In this approach (spooler mode), it generally doesn't matter WHAT kind of printer driver is used. What's important is that the printer understand what you're sending it. Actually, it *does* matter what kind of printer driver you use because if you use the printer mfg's driver it will *not* pass the PCL commands thru to the printer. In Windows, you must use the Generic Text/Only driver from the Generic printer mfg if you want the PCL commands passed thru to the printer. Plus you must choose the WinPrint Print Processor and the Raw Data Type. In Linux, you must also use the Text-Only driver and you must reconvert each LF to a CR/LF because Linux strips off the CR from each CR/LF. hth, Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. Authorized IBM Business Partner 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 (O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (F) 310-377-3550 (C) 310-561-5200 www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: Bob Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 1:28 PM Subject: [SPAM] RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix While the comments below are mostly accurate, I offer some fine-point clarifications. On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Robin Smith wrote: I agree with Jerry that it seems strange that HP would do this as they have their own *nix but Left Hand and Right Hand springs to mind!! HP still seems to be producing printers that can handle PCL5 (and PCL6 and PostScript). These tend not to be their multi-function printers (MFPs), and not their lowest-cost units. I recently purchased a Color Laserjet CP3505, which can accept all three of these languages plus PDF! The problem is more fundamental as I see it. HP in their infinite wisdom have dropped PCL5 in favour of PCL6. This is fine if you are on Windows using the correct Windows printer drivers. However, if you live in the real world like a lot of us in the U2 arena and work on a flavour of Unix (AIX, HP, Linux etc) then we don't have Windows printer drivers. First, note that PCL6 is completely different from PCL5; it is not a newer, upgradeable version. And as I stated, many PCL6 printers also support PCL5. Also, if you use PCL5 escape sequences to format yur printing - this is how SB+ printing works - PCL6 doesn't understand the sequences. We have found that some HP printers that use PCL6 emulation claim to be backwards compatible to PCL5. BEWARE - this is often a very reduced version of PCL5 with only one or two fonts/typefaces supported and a reduced set of escape sequences. Also, if you use PCL5 sequences in the MS Windows environment (again SB+ does this) then the Windows PCL6 drivers don't recognise them. Actually, neither PCL5 NOR PCL6 drivers recognize PCL. If you run a program that outputs using the Windows printing interface (we call this high-level printing), as Notepad does for instance, a PCL5 driver will convert that to PCL5, and a PCL6 driver will convert that to PCL6; then the printer will interpret those codes. If you run something that internally generates PCL5, such as SB+, then it can't do that high-level printing, or the PCL5 codes would get written on the page. Instead, these programs must write at a lower level (what we call spooler mode), which bypasses all parts of the driver except the part that sends a stream of bytes to the printer. Think of it as one notch above copying a file to PRN. In this approach (spooler mode), it generally doesn't matter WHAT kind of printer driver is used. What's important is that the printer understand what you're sending it. (For the printer I mentioned above, I can send it the contents of a PDF file using spooler mode, and it prints fine.) PCL6 is very similar to GDI using a graphical interface to the printers rather than ASCII characters that we are all used to. That's true. Most graphics drawing commands in Windows mapdirectly to PCL6 commands. Hope this helps. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. Providers of Print Wizard personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Dave Taylor wrote: Hi Bob, You stated below that In this approach (spooler mode), it generally doesn't matter WHAT kind of printer driver is used. What's important is that the printer understand what you're sending it. Actually, it *does* matter what kind of printer driver you use because if you use the printer mfg's driver it will *not* pass the PCL commands thru to the printer. In Windows, you must use the Generic Text/Only driver from the Generic printer mfg if you want the PCL commands passed thru to the printer. Plus you must choose the WinPrint Print Processor and the Raw Data Type. The key difference between your set of conditions and mine is this: I am referring to printing in spooler mode. At the Windows API level, this means StartDocPrinter, WritePrinter, EndDocPrinter. (High level printing in Windows involves doing TextOut or similar commands.) I don't know what level Universe and/or Unidata uses for its printing; it would be helpful to know. One way to test would be to use a non-Generic driver, and set it to print to file, then send me the file. In Linux, you must also use the Text-Only driver and you must reconvert each LF to a CR/LF because Linux strips off the CR from each CR/LF. I'm not addressing Linux at all. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
Bob, In Universe on Windows, there is no Universe spooler. You print directly to a Windows printer. If you want to pass PCL commands to that printer, you have to assign it the Generic/Text 0nly driver from the Windows Generic mfg. I guess I don't know what you mean by spooler mode and I've never heard of Windows commands like StartDocPrinter, WritePrinter, EndDocPrinter so I'm not familiar with how they work. Are they Windows commands? Or, Universe commands? Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. Authorized IBM Business Partner 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 (O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (F) 310-377-3550 (C) 310-561-5200 www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: Bob Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:01 PM Subject: RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Dave Taylor wrote: Hi Bob, You stated below that In this approach (spooler mode), it generally doesn't matter WHAT kind of printer driver is used. What's important is that the printer understand what you're sending it. Actually, it *does* matter what kind of printer driver you use because if you use the printer mfg's driver it will *not* pass the PCL commands thru to the printer. In Windows, you must use the Generic Text/Only driver from the Generic printer mfg if you want the PCL commands passed thru to the printer. Plus you must choose the WinPrint Print Processor and the Raw Data Type. The key difference between your set of conditions and mine is this: I am referring to printing in spooler mode. At the Windows API level, this means StartDocPrinter, WritePrinter, EndDocPrinter. (High level printing in Windows involves doing TextOut or similar commands.) I don't know what level Universe and/or Unidata uses for its printing; it would be helpful to know. One way to test would be to use a non-Generic driver, and set it to print to file, then send me the file. In Linux, you must also use the Text-Only driver and you must reconvert each LF to a CR/LF because Linux strips off the CR from each CR/LF. I'm not addressing Linux at all. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Dave Taylor wrote: Bob, In Universe on Windows, there is no Universe spooler. You print directly to a Windows printer. If you want to pass PCL commands to that printer, you have to assign it the Generic/Text 0nly driver from the Windows Generic mfg. I guess I don't know what you mean by spooler mode and I've never heard of Windows commands like StartDocPrinter, WritePrinter, EndDocPrinter so I'm not familiar with how they work. Are they Windows commands? Or, Universe commands? These are Windows commands. See, for instance http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535522(VS.85).aspx It would be a logical thing, I think, for Universe to use this approach to writing to a printer, at least as an option. This would allow programmers to work in Windows the same way they did on Unix. Is a Universe demo available from IBM? Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
Dave: As I noted earlier, I assign the PCL5 (usually) print driver to the network printers I hook up. In wIntegrate and AccuTerm I define slave printing as raw. I wonder what I'm missing here? :-( Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Taylor Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:07 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix Bob, In Universe on Windows, there is no Universe spooler. You print directly to a Windows printer. If you want to pass PCL commands to that printer, you have to assign it the Generic/Text 0nly driver from the Windows Generic mfg. I guess I don't know what you mean by spooler mode and I've never heard of Windows commands like StartDocPrinter, WritePrinter, EndDocPrinter so I'm not familiar with how they work. Are they Windows commands? Or, Universe commands? Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. Authorized IBM Business Partner 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 (O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (F) 310-377-3550 (C) 310-561-5200 www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: Bob Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:01 PM Subject: RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Dave Taylor wrote: Hi Bob, You stated below that In this approach (spooler mode), it generally doesn't matter WHAT kind of printer driver is used. What's important is that the printer understand what you're sending it. Actually, it *does* matter what kind of printer driver you use because if you use the printer mfg's driver it will *not* pass the PCL commands thru to the printer. In Windows, you must use the Generic Text/Only driver from the Generic printer mfg if you want the PCL commands passed thru to the printer. Plus you must choose the WinPrint Print Processor and the Raw Data Type. The key difference between your set of conditions and mine is this: I am referring to printing in spooler mode. At the Windows API level, this means StartDocPrinter, WritePrinter, EndDocPrinter. (High level printing in Windows involves doing TextOut or similar commands.) I don't know what level Universe and/or Unidata uses for its printing; it would be helpful to know. One way to test would be to use a non-Generic driver, and set it to print to file, then send me the file. In Linux, you must also use the Text-Only driver and you must reconvert each LF to a CR/LF because Linux strips off the CR from each CR/LF. I'm not addressing Linux at all. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
Seems strange that HP would have done that since they have their own 'nix, HP-UX. Jerry Banker Senior Programmer Analyst IBM Certified Solutions Expert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:36 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix Looks like HP has discontinued the 4240, 4250, 4350 LaserJets and their various tnd models and replaced them with various models P4014, P4015 and P4515 with some new letters. While we can still find leftovers of the old models, it is only a matter of time. The only Supported operating systems Windows 2000; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003; Certified for Windows Vista(R); Mac OS X v 10.2; Mac OS X v 10.3 or higher No Unix or AIX. Nor Linux for that matter. Has anybody tried one of these printers with ##IX or Linux so far? Thanks. Roger --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix
The 4250 doesn't have *nix listed as a supported operating system, either. Since you're probably just sending plain text or embedding your own PCL commands, I would expect it to work ok. I suspect the supported is really referring to the interoperability of the printer with the OS (Hi, I'm an HP 4250dtn! Please tell me you're not Windows Vista!) ;-) Drew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JPB-U2UG Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:35 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix Seems strange that HP would have done that since they have their own 'nix, HP-UX. Jerry Banker Senior Programmer Analyst IBM Certified Solutions Expert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:36 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix Looks like HP has discontinued the 4240, 4250, 4350 LaserJets and their various tnd models and replaced them with various models P4014, P4015 and P4515 with some new letters. While we can still find leftovers of the old models, it is only a matter of time. The only Supported operating systems Windows 2000; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003; Certified for Windows Vista(R); Mac OS X v 10.2; Mac OS X v 10.3 or higher No Unix or AIX. Nor Linux for that matter. Has anybody tried one of these printers with ##IX or Linux so far? Thanks. Roger --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
