OT - PCL5e printer language

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Don Coleman wrote:

> I just completed a live chat session with H-P sales.  My chat partner just
> told me they no longer offer any LaserJets that can print from MS-DOS.  I
> have a client with a legacy DOS application (HUD) that requires this.  I
> noted the H-P P2015 offers PCL5e.  Was she wrong and can anyone tell me if
> MS-DOS can print to this printer?

Even if a printer can process PCL-5 (in some form), it may not have a 
serial or parallel interface, and so there is no way to send it data from 
a DOS application. 

If you run the DOS app under Windows, and can coerce it into writing its 
print files to disk, you can then use Print Wizard to print those files.

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