PCL Language

[Richard Kreiss]

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To work with he will need a program like printwizard to handle the interface between the Samsung printer and Fp

Richard Kreiss
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On Sep 10, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote:

> On 9/10/2011 6:50 AM, 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 trying 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
> 
> I'm not sure why you think that SPL ("Samsung Printer Language") would be 
> compatible with PCL, unless they specifically said it was some PCL 
> emulation.  (ie: printers with "PostScript emulation" don't have an 
> "official" PostScript language, but they claim compatibility.)
> 
> Anyway, the same website has an SPL page that makes it pretty clear it's 
> probably nothing like PCL:
> 
>     http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/spl
> 
>    "Microsoft and Samsung developed the Samsung Printer Language (SPL).
>     This enabled the windows GDI language to be converted into bitmap
>     while printing."
> 
> Sounds like those cheap "Windows-only" printers.  (Though nowadays, there 
> are Mac and Linux drivers for them, so the term isn't very accurate anymore.)
> 
> Why not just go for a "real" printer?  We recently bought a Dell 2150cdn 
> color laser printing with duplex and networking built in, and PCL-5e/5C/6, 
> for about $200.  (Yes, that's more than $59.95, but you get a whole lot more 
> bang for the buck.)
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody
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