RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Robin Smith
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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Carl Dula
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:

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Bill Haskett
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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Bob Rasmussen
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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Bob Rasmussen
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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Bob Rasmussen
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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Dave Taylor
) (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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Bob Rasmussen
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

Re: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Dave Taylor
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

Re: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Bob Rasmussen
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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-04 Thread Bill Haskett
] 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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-03 Thread JPB-U2UG
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

RE: [U2] HP Laserjets and AIX/Unix

2008-06-03 Thread Drew Henderson
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