PCL Printers

[smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net]

I have numerous HP PCL 5  Printers and one HP Multi function Officejet 6500A,  (PCL-3), networked, WIFI, web enabled, color printer that now works great in filePro with Bob Rasmussens Print Wizard.    I bought the Samsung ML-2525 Laser Printer with SPL – PCL compatibilty to experiment with,  NOT to swim with the sharks.   All I was trying to point out to the filePro community was the detailed HISTORY of various PCL language versions.  

Thanks for your keen insight though,  I have some Shark Repellant in my old Navy flight gear.

Wayne Smith
Port Orange, Florida  





--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 06:50A Sat Sep 10 2011, smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net wrote:

> I found this very descriptive page on the history of HP$!:s PCL Printer 
language. I thought the fp list would be interested. I have never had it 
explained so well. I was looking at a Samsung Laser Printer (24ppm) for 
$59.95 at Newegg and was t
> rying to figure out what $!=Samsung Printer Language$!> is. I think I am 
going to buy the printer and find out if it would be happy with filePro right 
out of the box. 

> 

> http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/pcl


The problem is that the history of HP's PCL has NOTHING to do with what
Samsung is implementing in their printer. What language do they claim?

You are attracted to the printer because it is CHEAP. It is probably
"windows only", but you will eventually find its failings. I can tell
you stories of people that buy the junk printer only to toss it after
spending weeks trying to get it to print a form that prints reliably on
their HP, Lexmark, and Xerox printers. Stick with an HP PCL5 printer.

If you swim in sshark infested waters, expect to get a bite.


Jim 
--
jlasman at telus.net Spectra Colour Services Ltd.
Jim Asman 10221 144a Street 
Phone: (604)584-0977 Surrey, BC V3R 3P7 CANADA 
Cell: (604)619-0977 www.spectracolorservices.com
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