Host Based HP-PCL 5 Printing

[Kenneth Brody]

On 4/18/2012 12:48 PM, smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net wrote:
> I just installed a NEW HP Laser Jet P1606dn Workgroup printer,  in the
> specs. all the client saw was PCL 5  so he bought it (I had him trained over
> the years) ....he did not see the “Host Based” in the same specs.  I
> installed the printer on his (Windows 7) network and the Windows HP PCL 5
> Universal Driver that came on the Install CD and now it works like a champ
> with filePro 5.0 !!!
>
> Times are a changing ......

I've never heard of "host based PCL" before, and it sounds like an oxymoron 
to me.

However, according to the specs, the print languages it supports are:

         Host-based printing, HP PCL 5e

Note the comma.

-- 
Kenneth Brody