OT - PCL5e printer language

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Don Coleman (Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:15:13 -0400):

> 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?

If the printer supports PCL-5e, which is a stripped down version of PCL-5
(I think it's only missing fonts, but the rest of PCL-5 is there), and it
includes an interface (such as parallel or serial) which can be accessed
by a DOS program, then it should work.

The big "if" is the interface, as the printers nowadays tend to have only
USB and/or network interfaces.  If it is a USB interface, you may be able
to capture it to an LPT port through the printer control panel.  (I'm not
at my XP box at the moment, but I don't see any such setting under Vista.)

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