experience with Xerox Phaser 6180n & filepro

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:45:13PM -0800, Jim Asman wrote:
> > --------------- Original Message ---------------
> > At 05:54P Thu Mar 01 2007, Tony Freehauf wrote:
> > 
> > > hi experts
> > > anyone have a positive experience using a
> > > Xerox Phaser 6180n with filepro?
> > >           Specs say PCL 6 emulation
> > >         
> > 
> > In a filePro context, if it doesn't do PCL5 internally,
> > don't touch it.
> 
> PCL 5 is a strict subset of 6, no?  That's a network model printer: the
> interpreter *has* to be on-board.

No, no, absolutely not. They are completely different.

PCL-6 is sometimes known as PXL (marketing must have gotten involved). 
Its basic operations are closely matched to the basic drawing commands in 
Windows' Graphical Device Interface (GDI), whereas PCL-5 begin its 
development before Windows existed.

PCL-5 is text-based, plus escape characters. PCL-6 is a binary format with 
elements of Reverse Polish Notation (RPN). 

I'm working on a PCL-6 translator, but there hasn't been much demand for 
it, because programs like filePro don't output PCL-6.

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....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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