Printer - HP LaserJet 3600

[Bill Campbell]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2006, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:27:10 -0500):
>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 12:46:59PM -0800, Jim Asman wrote:
>> > The HP 2550 color laser is PCL6 only. I see all kinds of comments
>> > about this or that not working properly with a PCL6 printer, and
>> > the typical response is to change to a PCL5 driver. Good advice if
>> > the printer supports PCL5, but in the NEW reality...
>>
>> Ok, clarification time: PCL6 is *not* a strict superset of PCL5?
>
>My understanding is that the similarity between PCL5 and PCL6 is
>limited to the letters "PCL".

My question is what printers still support PCL <= 5.

For accounting and database applications, most reports don't
require the fancy printing, and simple ascii text with embedded
codes for pitch, underline, boldface, etc. are sufficient and
very efficient.

Many printers work with CUPS, but it depends on getting
PostScript input which it then massages for various printers.
This takes considerably more effort than printing simple ascii
text -- even if many applications already generate PostScript.

Bill
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