Anthony, Bob
A participant on the QM list serv recently had this to say regarding a
problem someone else was having printing to an HP 2100 series PCL 6 printer:
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I don't know if PCL6 is supported or not but I do know that HP make a HUGE
change going to PCL6 and it is NOT backwards compatible and does not support
the old Escape sequences that drove prior versions of PCL. We have had lots
of problems with old programs that pushed PCL Escape sequences out to
printers.
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Is it possible that the HP 4250 printer that Bob Utech
is using is a PCL 6 printer and that he's sending it PCL 5 commands and
that's why they're not working?
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
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Caufield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: [U2] HP 4250dtn printer using PCL commands from Universe Basic
program with hex conversion codes ... Tray 3 selection not working
FYI I just looked at my 4250 and I am using HP Drivers (PCL 6) I am
using winprint Raw for my print processor. I use separator pages to
control the print type so I use the 3 different printer definitions.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [U2] HP 4250dtn printer using PCL commands from Universe
Basic program with hex conversion codes ... Tray 3 selection not working
Well, that's good news.
I've never installed an HP 2420tn or an HP4250dtn so I can't speak about
that particular driver, but my experience with other HP printers has
been
different.
I guess Bob's problem lies somewhere else than with the HP driver.
Thanks for clarifying this issue,
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: "Bill Haskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:47 PM
Subject: RE: [U2] HP 4250dtn printer using PCL commands from Universe
Basic
program with hex conversion codes ... Tray 3 selection not working
Windows.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [U2] HP 4250dtn printer using PCL commands from Universe
Basic
program with hex conversion codes ... Tray 3 selection not working
Bill,
Was that on Windows or on .nix?
I have just installed SpoolerPlus on UV 10.2 on RHEL 5.1 and
discovered
that the "text-only" driver in RHEL passes *only* text, nothing else,
which
is just the opposite of the "text-only" driver in Windows - go figure!
I also tried the raw driver in RHEL and lost all control of data
formatting.
The only driver that has worked so far in RHEL is the HP driver for an
HP
LaserJet 6P printer, but I haven't yet tried to pass PCL commands to
the
printer thru the HP driver - stay tuned!
Thanks for the information.
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: "Bill Haskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:15 AM
Subject: RE: [U2] HP 4250dtn printer using PCL commands from Universe
Basic
program with hex conversion codes ... Tray 3 selection not working
Dave:
I don't think I had to do this in UD when setting up a network
printer.
I
simply
installed the printer (HP2420tn) onto the UD machine; the HP driver
was
installed for
this printer. I use the SETPTR command (creating a _HOLD_ entry
first)
to
send PCL5
codes, the print job, and finally the PCL end-job codes and
everything
gets through
just fine.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [U2] HP 4250dtn printer using PCL commands from
Universe
Basic
program with hex conversion codes ... Tray 3 selection not working
Bob,
1. Is this the only PCL command that is not being recognized or
are
all
others also not being recognized?
If all PCL commands (eg. CPI, CPL, LPI, LPP, Orientation, etc.) are
being
ignored, check the Windows printer driver installed with this
printer.
If you are using the HP driver, none of your PCL commands will be
passed
thru to the printer - they will all fail.
If so, you need to create an additional Windows logical printer
attached
to
the same port as your current HP4250 and install the Generic
Text-only
driver from the Generic manufacturer's list of drivers in Windows
and
assign
a different name to the printer (eg. HP4250TEXT).
2. If this is the only PCL command that is being ignored while
others
are
being recognized, check the sequence of PCL commands in the string
of
PCL
commands that are being sent to the printer.
If you send a PCL command to specify a tray and then follow it with
a
PCL
command to specify a particular paper type and that paper type is
not in
the
same tray as the tray previously specified, the last command
received by
the
printer will be the command that it uses - eg tray 3, paper type
Plain
will
leave your printer at tray 2 according to your settings.
Please contact me directly if this doesn't work.
Rgds,
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 Utech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Bob Utech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:14 AM
Subject: [U2] HP 4250dtn printer using PCL commands from Universe
Basic
program with hex conversion codes ... Tray 3 selection not working
I am trying to send a report to the HP4250 printer to tray 3 using
PCL
codes (hex = 1B266C3548), but is not working.
It always defaults to tray 2 when jobs are sent from host Universe
no
matter what PCL tray code I use. Any Microsoft Office print jobs
work
fine and select the correct trays.
All 3 trays are setup : Default paper size = Letter Tray
behavior =
Use requested tray always
tray1: paper
size
= Envelope
paper
type
= Preprinted
tray2: paper
size
= Letter
paper
type
= Plain
tray3: paper
size
= Letter
paper
type
= Bond
I am on Universe 10.1.23 with Windows Server 2003
I have several cases with HP Support concerning this - but they
haven't
been very helpful - just point me to links to PCL commands (which
I
already have).
I am hoping someone in the U2UG has experience doing this ... Any
help
would be appreciated.
Bob
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